| Newsletter June 2011 | |
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Measure and control with an Android smartphone With the smartphone you can control and measure by using the IOIO. All functions of the IOIO are available with an Andriod app using a simple Java API. Embedded programming isn’t necessary. The IOIO has digital in- and outputs, PWM, analogue inputs, I2C, SPI and UART. You can make the code for these interfaces the same way as you make an Android app, by using an app-level library. Read more... |
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Starterkit for the Mbed ARM microcontroller With the mbed module you can develop simple programs in C++ via a web interface. The ARM RealView compiler with a large amount of libraries is now available for free. Everything you need to experiment with the mbed you can find in the mbed Starterkit. The kit consists of the mbed NXP LPC1768 module, mbed Testbed, 20x4 LCD, USB cable, connectors, power adapter and temporary a microSD card. The TestBed is a carrier board for the mbed and is accommodated with connections for CAD, RS485, Ethernet, USB, text-LCD, XBee, Arduino-Shields and microSD. Read morer... |
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Board with ARM Cortex-M3 by Atmel Atmel now offers microcontrollers with the successful ARM Cortex-M3 architecture. The SAM3S-series works on 64 MHz and is accommodated with a full speed USB and 12-bit ADC’s. Olimex has a header board and a development board with the Atmel SAM3S4BA. The development board SAM3-P256 has connections for RS232 (2x), JTAG, USB, UEXT and SD-card. Read more... |
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.NET Micro Framework & Internet of Things The book ".NET & Internet of Things" is free downloadable and you can do all the experiments from this book with the FEZ Ultimate Kit. The kit has the new FEZ Panda II, the FEZ Touch 2.4" colour LCD, the FEZ Ethernet Connect Shield and 10 pieces of 3-pin E-Blocks. For programming in C# u can use Microsoft Visual Studio Express. Read more... |