Category Archives: dev boards

TMP006 infrared temperature sensor test

Today we did a quick test of the TMP006 infrared non-contact temperature sensor with an I2C interface. Point it at something and it measures the temperature. We were expecting a simple breakout board we could test with the Bus Pirate, but got full USB-enabled evaluation kits. To use the Bus Pirate with this board check […]

GIVEAWAY: TMP103 and TMP006 evaluation modules

Texas Instruments‘ PR boffins sent us TMP103 (I2C 12bit temperature sensor) and TMP006 (I2C infrared temperature sensor) evaluation modules to give away. We accepted these samples to followup on two Bus Pirate demos: Anthony’s demo of the TMP102 temperature sensor, and Joe’s demo of the TMP006. We expected a chip on a breakout board, instead […]

Propeller Development Stick v 1.1 released

Parker Dillmann of Longhorn Engineer writes to inform us that: I just finished V1.1 of the Propeller Development Stick. Link to all the info here. The stick is a miniature Propeller dev board which can plug directly into your computer’s USB port and was designed with goals of minimal cost and size. You can check […]

Parallax introduces Eddie robotics platform

Parallax is introducing a new robotics platform based on the Propeller microcontroller. Known as Eddie, which stands for Expandable Development Discs for Innovation and Experimentation, the platform consists of dual 18 inch round bases positioned one above the other. The upper is designed with mounts for a Kinect and a laptop (used for what Parallax […]

STM32 F4 series of high-performance MCUs with DSP and FPU instructions

Matty informs us of a new STM32 dev board he learned about: There’s a new STM32: the F4 series. They can go up to 168 MHz, and have a bunch of new integrated peripherals, like 54 Mbps camera interface and DSP+FPU. There’s also the STM32F4DISCOVERY board on sale for $20, with an STM32F407 (Cortex-M4F), 3-axis […]

Ford and Bug Labs develop open-source R&D platform

According to Ford Motor Company’s press release, they are partnering with Bug Labs * Ford and Bug Labs, an open-source hardware and software provider, announce a joint development project to research, develop and distribute open-source developer tools to advance in-car connectivity innovation. * Known as “OpenXC,” the research platform is based on Bug Labs’ open-source […]

Atmel and Arduino Collaborate on AVR and ARM-based Development Platforms

Atmel and Arduino have announced a cooperative effort to produce three new AVR and ARM-based dev platforms debuting at the Atmel-sponsored Arduino Pavilion at Maker Faire located in Queens, New York, September 17 and 18, 2011. According to Atmel’s press release: Atmel and Arduino will be demonstrating several platforms in the Atmel-sponsored Arduino Pavilion including: […]

TI Deals offers solar experimenter board

TI Deals has the eZ430-RF2500-SEH solar energy harvesting wireless development tool on sale for $74.50 (including free International shipping) while supplies last. According to TI, the board includes 1x eZ430-RF2500-SEH kit, two eZ430-RF2500T wireless target boards, one eZ430-RF USB debugging interface, one AAA battery pack with expansion board (batteries included), one SEH-01 Solar Energy Harvester […]

Netduino vs Arduino

Greg Crawford at Citizen Scientists League has written a three-part series on the Netduino. In Part 1 he describes the Netduino’s features and compares this board to the more familiar Arduino. In Part 2, Greg details how to interface the Netduino with the SPI bus, and provides some C# code for this purpose. Part 3 […]

tinyDino – smallest Arduino board

Jaanus has been working on a subminiature Arduino clone which be believes is THE smallest. Everybody are making Arduino clones. So I thought I should make THE smallest. I took smallest package atmega88 – qnf28 (5mm x 5mm). Routed smallest possible resonator and as much pads as i could fit on in. His design provides […]

Jaluino Bee v2.0 board winner

Today we announce the winner of the Jaluino Bee v2.0 board.  There were lots of funny project ideas, thanks for your submissions. Congratulations to ech0s, his idea for a space balloon logger scored him the Jaluino Bee v2.0 board: This nice board could be sent to near space with an high altitude balloon. The RTCC and […]

QUUB: tiny computing stackable dev board

GRAYnomad (Rob Gray) describes the QUUB as follows: QUUB is a Small Form Factor processor and co-processor design like this ATMega1284-AU based core processor board (above). The basic system topology is that of a “core” processor and up to 16 addressable daughter boards known as “stackables”. Stackables can be smart (with co-processors) or dumb (just […]