Funnel I/O
@ December 12, 2008
Price:
$25 USD
- Component category: Brains, microcontrollers and logic
Vendor's Description:
Funnel I/O (FIO) is an Arduino compatible board designed by Shigeru Kobayashi, based on the original design from LilyPad.
Funnel is a toolkit to sketch your idea physically, and consists of software libraries and hardware. By using Funnel, the user can interface to sensors and/or actuators with various programming languages such as ActionScript 3, Processing, and Ruby.
FIO is compatible with Funnel. It has connections for a Lithium Polymer battery and includes a charge circuit over USB. An XBee socket is available on the bottom of the board. The FIO has been designed to be wirelessly reprogrammable. Checkout Lady Ada's reference page on XBee wireless reprogramming.
Features:
- ATmega168V running at 8MHz
- Arduino Bootloader
- XBee socket
- Lithium Polymer battery compatible
- MAX1555 LiPo Charger
- Reset button
- On/Off Switch
- Status/Charge/RSSI LEDs
@ Sat, 2008-12-13 01:04
processing and stuff
go and get yourself this book for xmass if you don't have it allready. it touches processing and networking used together with microcontrollers and many more stuff and is really inspirating. I mean really... It's basically on how to connect PCs and web with microcontrollers.
@ Sat, 2008-12-13 06:03
I second that
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 21:53
Whaaaa?!
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 22:14
Cool. Let us know what you
Cool. Let us know what you learn :) I've heard of Processing and it sounded interesting.
Dan
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 15:17
Thanks for the info,
Thanks for the info, Mieczotronix!
That is great to know.
I'm pre-noobie when it comes to microcontrollers, although I ordered my first (a BBB) yesterday.
YeeeHa!
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 12:40
GroG - xbee connects to
GroG - xbee connects to microcontroller USART (Tx/Rx) so basically it acts as a virtual serial cable. If you can use it for programming, that means that you can use it for whatever you may need - just like com port in arduino - for runtime debugging/ telemetry you name it.
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 03:59
I was trying to make a
I was trying to make a differential drive robot based on the Picaxe 28x1 that uses Xbee, actually Zigbee, but they are very simialer
What I am trying to do is this:
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller -> Laptop -> C Code -> Some communication software (Hyperterminal or HyperACCESS) USB Zigbee Module -> Zigbee Module -> MCU -> Actuators
Apparently it takes a bunch of knowledge of C# to do this, but I am gonna try.
I have seen it done with Gamecube Controllers, Xbox Controllers, PS3, and PS2 controllers, but the signal let off by the wireless Xbox 360 controller is encypted, now if only I can get my hands on some documentation.
This isnt the right place to ask this question though, so I am gonna start a new thread about it.
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 02:49
XBee just for
XBee just for programming?
Although interesting, I would prefer to use it as telementry during "runtime" vs only during "programming"
Regardless ... it seems like it would be fun to play with..
@ Fri, 2008-12-12 01:48
This is a new product
This is a new product SparkFun just came out with. I don't know much about it, just read about it on their front page, but it looks really intriguing. Cheaper than the standard Arduino, and with a bunch of interesting features. I plan to get one to play with.
Dan