How about an Xbee board for QS?

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• Mike Cook Posts: 829

  2012-03-20 10:19 edited 2012-03-20 10:19

  Full size SD socket.
  
  :>)
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2012-03-20 10:21 edited 2012-03-20 10:21

  Ouch! Settle for connections for a microSD module?
  
  OBC
• Mike Cook Posts: 829

  2012-03-20 10:25 edited 2012-03-20 10:25

  That would probably be acceptable.
  
  Are ya’ll going to see these as blank boards, kits or both?
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2012-03-20 10:27 edited 2012-03-20 10:27

  Kits and blank boards upon demand..
  
  OBC
• Roy Eltham Posts: 3,000

  2012-03-20 14:20 edited 2012-03-20 14:20

  I would think the default for add on boards for Quickstarts should be that they don't cover the touch pads.
  I would vote that the only time you should cover them is if you are reusing the pins they are attached to...
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2012-03-20 14:30 edited 2012-03-20 14:30

  @Roy
  
  I'm not even sure it would still fit if we did that.. (ponders) Quickplayer is the only board slated to leave the touchbuttons open at this time. The servo/sensor board reuses them at the same positions.
  
  OBC
• mindrobots Posts: 6,506

  2012-03-20 14:36 edited 2012-03-20 14:36

  I saw an Xbee board (Arduino shield) that supported 2 sockets... Curious, I thought until I saw the XBee footprint GPS module.
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2012-03-20 16:53 edited 2012-03-20 16:53

  Ok, I think I'm getting closer...
  
  Added servo/sensor style servo head.
  Added connection point for microSD module
  
  

  

  
  
  OBC

  

  

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• WBA Consulting Posts: 2,938

  2012-03-20 19:38 edited 2012-03-20 19:38

  Looks pretty nice. My only input is lame, but since it came to mind right away when I looked at the board, here it is... How about "quiXbee" instead of Quick Xbee?
• Roy Eltham Posts: 3,000

  2012-03-20 20:17 edited 2012-03-20 20:17

  OBC,
  Couldn't the Xbee pins straddle the 40 pin connector? Or just reverse the 40 pin connector and have this board hang off the other way.