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| | Occasionally called a "breakout board" or "adapter board". | | Occasionally called a "breakout board" or "adapter board". |
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| − | * [[DsPIC30F 5011 Development Board]]
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| − | * [[USB Bit Whacker]]: a USB Enabled PIC Development Board
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| − | * [[ADuC832 Development Board]]
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| − | * [[Connectors]] mentions "common pitfalls of Micro Development Boards"
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| | == further reading == | | == further reading == |
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| | what are good things to keep in mind when designing a new interface? | | what are good things to keep in mind when designing a new interface? |
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| − | * [[expansion bus]] ideas and standards
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| | * [http://jeelabs.org/2010/12/18/rethinking-the-arduino-hardware-interface/ "Rethinking the Arduino hardware interface"] describes the differences between the "JeeNode form factor and I/O connectors" and the "Arduino Shield form factor and I/O connectors" (both systems are fully compatible with the standard Arduino IDE software). | | * [http://jeelabs.org/2010/12/18/rethinking-the-arduino-hardware-interface/ "Rethinking the Arduino hardware interface"] describes the differences between the "JeeNode form factor and I/O connectors" and the "Arduino Shield form factor and I/O connectors" (both systems are fully compatible with the standard Arduino IDE software). |
| | * [http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8000/how-to-use-multiple-terminal-surface-mount-chips-in-amateur-project/20367#20367 Mark] has a brief rant about form factors | | * [http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8000/how-to-use-multiple-terminal-surface-mount-chips-in-amateur-project/20367#20367 Mark] has a brief rant about form factors |
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| | === Demo board comparisons and reviews === | | === Demo board comparisons and reviews === |
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| − | * Boris Kourtoukov. "Body boards: A guide to wearable microcontrollers". Make Magazine 2015-March.
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| − | * Alasdair Allan. "A Smorgas-Board: Wearables and IoT are driving diversity in the microcontroller market". Make Magazine 2015-March.
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| | * [http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A34592 A decision on Basic Stamps and Parallax -- Basic Stamp vs. Arduino vs. Propeller] | | * [http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A34592 A decision on Basic Stamps and Parallax -- Basic Stamp vs. Arduino vs. Propeller] |
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| | === Lists of demo boards === | | === Lists of demo boards === |
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| − | * [[modules]]
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| − | * [https://hackaday.io/list/6364-breakout-board-projects "Hackaday: Breakout Board Projects: Breakout boards - the building blocks that make projects easier"].
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| − | * [http://makezine.com/magazine/make-36-boards/which-board-is-right-for-me/ Which Board is Right for Me?]
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| | * [http://massmind.org/techref/microchip/alternatives.htm "Microchip PIC Alternatives"] lists many demo boards. | | * [http://massmind.org/techref/microchip/alternatives.htm "Microchip PIC Alternatives"] lists many demo boards. |
| | * [http://www.instructables.com/id/EBHMG9LHPCEWIFO3BC/ Instructables: Modules, bootloaders, and "hidden" microcontrollers] also lists many demo boards. | | * [http://www.instructables.com/id/EBHMG9LHPCEWIFO3BC/ Instructables: Modules, bootloaders, and "hidden" microcontrollers] also lists many demo boards. |
| | * Some people are looking for a "a plugin PCB, with a DIP-like interface" that can run Linux: [http://www.embeddedrelated.com/usenet/embedded/show/115403-1.php "Developing Embedded Systems (uC-Linux) on Breadboards."] ''Does such a thing exist ?'' | | * Some people are looking for a "a plugin PCB, with a DIP-like interface" that can run Linux: [http://www.embeddedrelated.com/usenet/embedded/show/115403-1.php "Developing Embedded Systems (uC-Linux) on Breadboards."] ''Does such a thing exist ?'' |
| − | * [http://www.psfk.com/2015/09/digital-tools-democratizing-making-maker-movement-diy-electronic-kits.html "10 Digital Tools Democratizing Making"]
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| | === Demo boards, in no particular order === | | === Demo boards, in no particular order === |
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| − | ==== boards designed to be wearable ====
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| − | What features are nice to have on wearable electronics?
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| − | (both microcontroller boards and other electronics)
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| − | * fabric-friendly connections -- snaps, metal eyelets, or ... ?
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| − | * low-power, so we don't need to carry a heavy battery
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| − | * To be comfortable sewn into fabric worn on a body with a shape that is not merely not flat, but actively changes shape, it needs to either be flexible, or be relatively small boards with no sharp corners.
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| − | * washable
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| − | * parts that are not washable -- batteries -- are easily removeable.
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| − | * ... what else?
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| − | Flora
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| − | [https://learn.adafruit.com/category/flora]
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| − | Gemma
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| − | [http://www.adafruit.com/product/1222]
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| − | Lilypad Arduino
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| − | [http://lilypadarduino.org/]
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| − | [https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad]
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| − | [https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/135]
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| − | LilyPad Arduino SimpleSnap
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| − | [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10941]
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| − | TinyLily Mini
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| − | [https://www.tiny-circuits.com/tiny-lily-mini-processor.html]
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| − | Hyejung Kim;
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| − | Yongsang Kim;
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| − | Binhee Kim; and
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| − | Hoi-Jun Yoo.
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| − | [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/BSN.2009.51 "A Wearable Fabric Computer by Planar-Fashionable Circuit Board Technique"].
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| − | [http://www.seeedstudio.com/film/seeeduino%20film.htm "Seeduino Film"] and the
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| − | [http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/seeeduino-frame-sewing-p-780.html?cPath=175_188 "Seeeduino Frame - Sewing"]
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| − | Xadow
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| − | [http://www.seeed.cc/wear/]
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| − | [http://makezine.com/tag/xadow/]
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| − | [http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Xadow-Main-Board-p-1524.html]
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| − | SquareWear
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| − | [http://rayshobby.net/sqrwear/]
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| − | [http://rayshobby.net/cart/sqrwear-20]
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| − | [http://rayshobby.net/cart/squarewear]
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| − | [http://hackaday.com/2014/01/12/squarewear-2-0-a-wearable-opensource-arduino/]
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| − | [http://lifehacker.com/squarewear-is-a-tiny-wearable-arduino-1500319733]
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| − | [https://blog.adafruit.com/2012/10/22/squarewear-a-new-open-source-wearable-electronics-board/]
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| − | 8pino
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| − | [http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/8pino-p-2315.html]
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| − | Printoo
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| − | [http://www.printoo.pt/]
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| − | [http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/22/printoo/]
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| − | [http://www.ynvisible.com/]
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| − | Bitalino
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| − | [http://www.bitalino.com/]
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| − | [http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/05/bitalino/]
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| − | [http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/08/bitalino-hands-on/]
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| − | [http://www.medgadget.com/2013/08/bitalino-what-if-you-could-make-your-own-body-signals-monitor.html]
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| − | [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12750]
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| − | [https://github.com/BITalinoWorld]
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| | ==== PIC based boards ==== | | ==== PIC based boards ==== |
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| | * There's a huge number of AVR-based Arduino-like boards at [[Arduino Links]], most of which are breadboard-friendly. | | * There's a huge number of AVR-based Arduino-like boards at [[Arduino Links]], most of which are breadboard-friendly. |
| − | * Light Blue Bean - Arduino-compatible board; "upload the sketch over Bluetooth LE"
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| − | ==== MIPS boards ====
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| − | * WeIO [http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/09/16/weio-is-an-open-source-hardware-iot-board-programmable-from-a-web-browser-crowdfunding/ "WeIO is an Open Source Hardware IoT Board Programmable from a Web Browser"]; [http://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-open-source-module-aims-to-make-iot-apps-easy/ "Tiny open-source module aims to make IoT apps easy"]; [http://we-io.net/hardware/ "WeIO"]; [https://github.com/nodesign/weio/wiki/Detailed-Intro "WeIO in Details"]. The IDE is hosted entirely on the WeIO Board; you can do software development entirely in a web browser on any laptop.
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| − | ==== ARM boards ==== | + | ==== ARM boards ===== |
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| | * [[ARM links]] - there are a growing number of Arduino-like embedded ARM boards, offering more CPU power than Arduino but many of the same capabilities. | | * [[ARM links]] - there are a growing number of Arduino-like embedded ARM boards, offering more CPU power than Arduino but many of the same capabilities. |
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| − | * ARM boards intended to run a very small program (possibly using a simple real-time operating system RTOS) written in a low-level language. These tend to be smaller and run longer on batteries, so are better for wearables.
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| − | * ARM boards intended to run a single program written in JavaScript.
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| − | * ARM boards intended to run Linux (which requires a MMU) and display graphics on a computer monitor (which requires much more hardware and drains batteries faster than the above boards).
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| − | Most (all?) of the
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| − | * [[BeagleBone]] Black
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| − | * Raspberry Pi ([[R Pi Notes]])
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| | ==== Other demo boards ==== | | ==== Other demo boards ==== |
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| | * [http://store.stackfoundry.com/dev-tools/copper-avr32-stick.html Copper (AVR32 Stick)] "Copper is an Atmel AVR32 UC3B1256 mounted on a DIP32 breadboard friendly module, giving you the smallest AVR32 development board available (and one of the cheapest!). Features integrated voltage regulator, USB connector, and in-system programming via the USB port. ... The board design and schematics are available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license. ... 256KB of flash, 32KB of RAM, on board USB, up to 60MHz CPU clock ..." | | * [http://store.stackfoundry.com/dev-tools/copper-avr32-stick.html Copper (AVR32 Stick)] "Copper is an Atmel AVR32 UC3B1256 mounted on a DIP32 breadboard friendly module, giving you the smallest AVR32 development board available (and one of the cheapest!). Features integrated voltage regulator, USB connector, and in-system programming via the USB port. ... The board design and schematics are available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license. ... 256KB of flash, 32KB of RAM, on board USB, up to 60MHz CPU clock ..." |
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| − | * Tessel -- runs JavaScript on the board itself | + | * [[Motherboards that run Linux]] |
| − | * Espruino -- runs JavaScript on the board itself
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| − | * Digi XBee radio transcievers
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| − | * Particle.io Photon (formerly Spark.io Photon) - includes ARM Cortex M3 and Wi-Fi
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| − | * Particle.io Electron (formerly Spark.io Photon) - includes ARM Cortex M3 and 2G/3G cellular
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| − | * The WunderBar [https://www.relayr.io/wunderbar/] - includes Wi-Fi
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| − | * Microview
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| − | * Metawear
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| − | * ESP8266 Wi-Fi serial transciever
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| − | ** Brian Benchoff. [http://hackaday.com/2014/10/02/gcc-for-the-esp8266-wifi-module/ "GCC FOR THE ESP8266 WIFI MODULE"]. 2014.
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| − | ** [http://www.esp8266.com/ "ESP8266 Community Forum"] also [https://github.com/esp8266 "ESP8266 Community Forum"].
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| − | ** [http://www.electrodragon.com/w/ESP8266_GCC_SDK "ESP8266 GCC SDK"].
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| − | ** [https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk "esp-open-sdk"]
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| − | * Edison
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| − | * Cloudbit
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| − | * Apollo
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| − | ** Brian Benchoff writes about [http://hackaday.com/2014/09/24/apollo-the-everything-board/ "Apollo, the everything board"].
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| − | ** http://www.carbonorigins.com/apollo
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| − | *littleBits has a huge number of small demo boards that connect and do things without programming, without a microprocessor.
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| − | ** [http://littlebits.cc/ littleBits electronics]: "Our mission is to democratize hardware";
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| − | ** a pretty active [http://discuss.littlebits.cc/ littleBits discussion forum]
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| − | ** a pretty active [http://littlebits.cc/community/chapters littleBits community].
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| − | ** [http://littlebits.cc/bitlab the bitLab], "an app store for hardware".
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| − | ** [http://www.microcomms.co.uk/it-services/planit-primary/planit-primary-littlebits/ littleBits at PlanIT]
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| − | ** [http://www.cnet.com/au/news/littlebits-heads-to-space-with-new-nasa-approved-kit/ "LittleBits enters space with NASA-backed kit"]
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| − | *Some technical details for people who want to build their own customized littleBits modules (and perhaps after that get your module featured in the the bitLab):
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| − | ** [http://littlebits.cc/tips-tricks/hdk-tips-tricks HDK Tips & Tricks];
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| − | ** the book by Ayah Bdeir, Matt Richardson: [https://books.google.com/books?id=i4SwCAAAQBAJ "Make: Getting Started with littleBits: Prototyping and Inventing with Modular Electronics"];
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| − | ** [[littleBits]]
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| − | ** [https://github.com/littlebitselectronics/eagle-files "The littleBits Eagle Files Repository"]
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| − | ** [https://github.com/littlebits "more littleBits github repositories"]
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| − | ** [http://discuss.littlebits.cc/c/hardware the "Hardware" section of the littleBits discussion forum]
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| − | ** some measurements of exactly how much power various littleBits require (useful for estimating battery runtime): [http://discuss.littlebits.cc/t/specs-for-the-battery-cable/152
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| − | Specs for the battery cable"][https://github.com/manitou48/littlebits/blob/master/power.txt github: manitou48: littleBits power measurements]
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| − | * [https://samlabs.me/ SAM labs]
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| − | ** ["SAM: The Ultimate Internet Connected Electronics Kit"]
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| − | ** [http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/29/sam-is-a-wireless-electronics-kit-that-wants-to-make-coding-connected-objects-super-simple/ "SAM Is A Wireless Electronics Kit That Wants To Make Coding Connected Objects Super Simple"] says "The SAM hardware kit schematics and board designs will definitely be open sourced."
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| − | ** [http://storyboard.me/samlabs Samlabs wireless electronics kit]
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| | Demo boards are one of several techniques for rapidly prototyping circuits -- see [[Techniques#Circuit construction .28Prototyping - Other than custom PCB.29]] for a few more. | | Demo boards are one of several techniques for rapidly prototyping circuits -- see [[Techniques#Circuit construction .28Prototyping - Other than custom PCB.29]] for a few more. |
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