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Currently rapid prototyping consists of getting a few boards and chips, doing some soldering, finding the right libraries for communication, and then writing some programs. I'd like to see an open design for snap together components which includes the case. Imaging a Lego blocks each of which contains a micro-controller, sensor, radio, battery, or ... You just snap them together and communication uses a standard library. A small ASIC in each block provides the networking layer and translation to the appropriate protocol for the on board chips. Currently I'm thinking a 4 wire connector with, +3.3V, GND, Clock, and Data would be the way to go. It could use standard modular phone connectors to make the connection since they are cheap. Something like this would open up the rapid prototyping world to anyone with programming skills for the micro-controllers. A good set of building blocks and a GUI on the dev kit could open up the design even farther. It should also drop the price of eval boards, since they should then consist of a single block. | Currently rapid prototyping consists of getting a few boards and chips, doing some soldering, finding the right libraries for communication, and then writing some programs. I'd like to see an open design for snap together components which includes the case. Imaging a Lego blocks each of which contains a micro-controller, sensor, radio, battery, or ... You just snap them together and communication uses a standard library. A small ASIC in each block provides the networking layer and translation to the appropriate protocol for the on board chips. Currently I'm thinking a 4 wire connector with, +3.3V, GND, Clock, and Data would be the way to go. It could use standard modular phone connectors to make the connection since they are cheap. Something like this would open up the rapid prototyping world to anyone with programming skills for the micro-controllers. A good set of building blocks and a GUI on the dev kit could open up the design even farther. It should also drop the price of eval boards, since they should then consist of a single block. | ||
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