Christmas came early in NZ: a Box of SpinStudio stuff
Hanno
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A big package from SpinStudio arrived on my doorstep today!
I soldered up the "Mainboard" in 25 minutes and in the next 30 minutes soldered up the PropNIC (ENC28J60), SD Card adapter, Audio Video interface, 2 ProtoCards, and the new ADC Module. Brian has done a wonderful job- boards look great, instructions are easy to follow, and everything worked right off the bat... I still have to do something useful with all my new hardware, so far I've downloaded:
Icing on the cake was the "IO Dreamkit". It's beautiful, and highly, highly functional. More about that later...
Thanks Brian- great job!
Hanno
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Download a free trial of ViewPort- the premier visual debugger for the Propeller
Includes full debugger, simulated instruments, fuzzy logic, and OpenCV for computer vision. Now a Parallax Product!
I soldered up the "Mainboard" in 25 minutes and in the next 30 minutes soldered up the PropNIC (ENC28J60), SD Card adapter, Audio Video interface, 2 ProtoCards, and the new ADC Module. Brian has done a wonderful job- boards look great, instructions are easy to follow, and everything worked right off the bat... I still have to do something useful with all my new hardware, so far I've downloaded:
- Chip's 3208 driver
- Kaffer's "tiny pop3 client" which uses the PropNIC to connect over ethernet to a POP mail server and displays messages on a tv
- Localroger's "PropCMD" to explore files on an SD card, and
- Rokiki's "FAT16 routines with secure digital card layer" to read/write SD cards
Icing on the cake was the "IO Dreamkit". It's beautiful, and highly, highly functional. More about that later...
Thanks Brian- great job!
Hanno
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Download a free trial of ViewPort- the premier visual debugger for the Propeller
Includes full debugger, simulated instruments, fuzzy logic, and OpenCV for computer vision. Now a Parallax Product!
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Care to share any details on the IO Dreamkit?
Any release date in mind?
@CSmith - I've saved the emails of all inquiries and plan to let those people know when this project rolls out. As well as general announcements here on the forum.
This project has taken longer than anticipated, mostly due to my home remodeling projects that seem to get larger, rather than finished. But also had to refine my SMT soldering skills and techniques. Now that Hanno and I have working prototypes in our hands, the design can be tweaked and finalized. This should be a great product.
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Brian
uController.com - home of SpinStudio - the modular Development system for the Propeller
PropNIC - Add ethernet ability to your Propeller! PropJoy - Plug in a joystick and play some games!
SD card Adapter - mass storage for the masses Audio/Video adapter add composite video and sound to your Proto Board