Daruino embedded platform wish list - Viva La Evolution
In preparing to launch our Minumum Viable Product, we'd really like to know, which of these would you be most likely to use or to fund on kickstarter?
All of these are projects which I have found to be personally useful and I would definitely purchase and use if they were available on the market as described, but I am a "special use case" so I thought I would throw this out to the HN community and see what comes back!
Please answer either (I,II,III,or III+IV), and include any additional info that you want to! I Have all of these projects prototyped , but trying to decide what the market needs more...Thanks for checking this out!
I) A tiny, lightweight 14 pin DIP Package that costs <$8 with the following specs: ARM Cortex M0 processor, 50MHZ 32KB Flash, 8KB SRAM 4 channel 10 bit ADC 10 GPIO lines 16&32 Bit timers 1 Uart, SPI Pins optional for stand-alone integration Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over serial port
II) A tiny, lightweight Dip28 Package that costs <$15 with the following specs: ARM Cortex M0 processor, 50MHZ 128KB Flash, 16KB SRAM Pin compatible with ATmega328p / Arduino Uno, plugs into arduino board if desired Drop in to "Arduino" circuits to give a big boost in capability 16&32 Bit timers 2x Uart, SPI, 2xI2C Pins optional for stand alone integration Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over serial port, could probably be readily made compatble with the Arduino DUE IDE
III) A 4cmx6cm systemboard that costs <$25 with the following specs: ARM Cortex M3 processor, 100(120)MHZ 512KB Flash, 64KB SRAM 8 channel 12 bit ADC 10 bit DAC 70 GPIO lines 16&32 Bit timers 4xUart, SPI, 3xI2C, I2S, CAN (tranciever not on board) USB Host support (HOST connector not on board) Ethernet MAC (PHY not onboard) Pins optional for stand alone integration
III+IV) This unit would also optionally include a daughterboard (<$25) that provides Ethernet PHY w/ RJ45, USB Host connector, uSD slot, CAN transceiver, possibly other functions.
Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over usb port Out of the box Programmable in structured scripting language (BASIC-Like) with built in IDE via web browser, telnet, serial(USB), or composite video (or vga) / keyboard (stand alone retro computer action set capability!).
Note that III / III+IV are in the price range of the Raspberry Pi, which is -much- more capable computer, but as an application processor, not a microcontroller, it is not optimised for low power battery operation (months of operation from a few AAA's or lithium pack) and is not equipped with a similar range of analog peripherals, nor a similar quantity of GPIO.
Viva La Evolution!