The MC HCK is an entirely open source dev board based on the Freescale MK20DX32VLF5 which supports USB for easy programming. It features 8KB RAM, 32KB program flash + 32KB data flash. ““MC” is short for microcontroller, and “HCK” stands for “hacking”, “hackers”, “hackspaces”, but shorter, smaller. Like the MC HCK board itself.” Its developers […]
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Lattice debuts iCEstick FPGA Evaluation Board at $24.99
Lattice Semi has released their iCEstick eval board. This board has a high-performance, low-power iCE40HX1K FPGA on board and has a USB thumb drive form factor. IO connectors include 16 LVCMOS/LVTTL (3.3 V) digital I/O connections on 0.1” through-hole connections and a 2 x 6 position Digilent Pmod connector for other peripheral connections. The board’s […]
Breakout board uses HB100 doppler motion sensor
limpkin has been working on a dev board for the HB100 microwave sensor. He developed a breakout board that allows the module to operate as a motion sensor. “I’m sure you’re quite familiar with the Doppler effect: you send an RF signal at a given frequency to a target, and if this object/person is moving […]
Graphical cheat sheets for ARM dev boards
Gordon Williams has developed cheat sheets for ARM dev boards. He writes, “I got pretty frustrated working with ARM development boards – every time I’d choose a pin for some function I’d find out that it was used for some peripheral on the board – so it either wouldn’t work or it would break something […]
TI offering FRAM Experimenter’s Board + SimpleLink CC3000 WiFi module for $57
TI is offering the FRAM Experimenter’s Board + SimpleLink CC3000 WiFi Evaluation Module as a bundle for a limited time for $57. The FRAM Experimenter’s Board is The MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board is a development platform for the MSP430FR57xx devices. It supports this new generation of MSP430 microcontroller devices with integrated Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM). […]
Seeedstudio BareDuino Nano — smallest Arduino yet
Seeedstudio has announced what may be the smallest Arduino compatible board yet. The BareDuino Nano was designed by 15 year old maker Niek Blankers from the Netherlands, and sports the same processing power as Arduino Uno in a 21×14 mm footprint and includes an FTDI programming interface and on-board voltage regulator. The board’s pin spacing […]
Prop Dev Stick REV 0B
Parker Dillmann of Longhorn Engineer posted an update on his Prop Dev Stick project: The Prop Dev Stick is a Parallax Propeller development platform that is designed to just plug into a computer like a USB thumb drive. The old design was just the Propeller MCU with no frills. This time around I added a micro […]
Tommy Rev0 update
Parker Dillmann of Longhorn Engineer posted an update on his project Rev0 of Tommy we covered previously: The parts for REV 0 of Tommy arrived from Mouser today. Just finished soldering the Propeller portion and it worked first try. I also updated the page for Tommy.
Propeller Mini
Parallax has introduced a smaller version of the Propeller P8X32A-M44 multi-core MCU dev board. Known as the Propeller Mini it has the same specs as the original Propeller board, but with 19 IO pins on a board measuring 20.5 X 38.6 mm. The board can be powered by 6.5 to 12 volts on Vin, and […]
DigiX – The ultimate Arduino compatible board with WiFi
Ihsan informs us of Digitstump’s inexpensive, powerful Arduino-compatible board with WiFi – the DigiX: Have you seen this DigiX board by Digistump? They are the ones who created the Digisparks as well. As a difference from Digispark, this time they are aiming high end region of the devboards.
Protostack 40 pin AVR development board and ATMega32A development kit
Protostack has announced the release of their two newest products, the 40 pin AVR development board and ATMega32A development kit: The board allows you to build microcontroller circuits using the 40 pin AVR microcontrollers. It measures 127 x 93.98mm, includes a large breadboard style prototyping area and many power supply options.
Carambola2 portable Dropbox uploader
Saulius has been working on this project to use the Carambola2 dev board for portable Dropbox uploading. This eliminates the need for a PC, allowing pictures from a webcam be to uploaded directly using the dev board’s built-in WiFi. Sometimes it’s overkill to use computer with 200W power consumption for 24/7 to do small task […]
Tommy Rev0 is complete!
Parker Dillmann of Longhorn Engineer reports he’s just finished the Rev0 of the Tommy Pinball System: Just finished Rev0 of the Tommy Pinball System. I will be uploading the Eagle files after I can confirm the board works. It is a 4-Layer board so I will be using Seeedstudios new 4-layer prototyping service to order […]
A20-OLinuXino DualCore Cortex-A7 prototype update
Tsvetan writes to update us on the status of the A20-OLinuXino. They now have their A20-OLinuXino DualCore Cortex-A7 prototypes working fine using Allwinner’s double core A20 which is almost pin to pin compatible with A10. For more info visit the OLinuXino webpage. General information on the open source software and hardware OLinuXino can be found […]
PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit annotation component file
I If you are getting started with Cypress Semiconductor’s new PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit dev board here’s an interesting addition to the standard IDE. It’s a library of useful annotation components and macros by Cypkees, who describes: “The PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit component is an annotation component with active wire terminals to show how external […]
Embedded Pi bridges R-Pi or STM32 with Arduino shields
The crew at Element 14 has announced the release of a combo R-Pi/STM32 interface board compatible with Arduino shields. The Embedded Pi is based on the STMicroelectronics STM32F103 MCU and is open-source (see Technical Documents for schematic, layout and BOM). It can operate as a bridge between Raspberry Pi and Arduino shields and in standalone […]
CR2032 powered node board
In relation to the previously posted nrf24L01+ wireless module, Kehribar shared his CR2032 powered node board in the forum: I also designed a 30.8 x 30.8 mm CR2032 powered node board for these modules. I’m waiting for my prototypes from OSHPark, but in the meantime here are the layout and schematic images.
Cypress announces Arduino shield-compatible PSoC 4
Cypress Semiconductor has announced the availability of their new PSoC 4 system-on-chip device The chip features an ARM Cortex-M0 CPU up to 48MHz, up to 32 kB Flash, 4 kB SRAM, programmable analog: Op-Amps, 12-bit 1Msps SAR ADC, programmable digital: Four PLD-based Logic Blocks, CapSense touch sensing capability, low power operating range of 1.71 to […]
DipCortex – ARM cortex in a dip package with USB
Carl over at SolderSplash Labs has written an article about their new project known as DipCortex: The Krypto Casinos für Österreicher market has been evolving with the integration of user-friendly tech, making it easier for Austrian players to enjoy the security and convenience of cryptocurrency transactions. The ARM Cortex M3/M0 in a 40-pin DIP package, with […]
Project Fleatiny 8051-based board
Valentin Angelovski has developed Project Fleatiny, a 8051-based hobby board. “Project Fleatiny is a 100% open-source hobby-computer built around the 8051 micro controller. From a software point of view, Fleatiny consists of a sofware kernel (taking up from ~3K to 9K Program ROM area depending on installed kernel option modules) that essentially turns any fast […]