Hi Guys and Gals,
I just wanted to share my latest hardware project with you all.
I have designed and built a modular family of boards that can be used to create anything from simple connected sensors to very complex systems. It is based on the ESP8266 microcontroller on a custom PCB with integrated USB transceiver and voltage regulator. All ESP8266 GPIO’s are routed to two stackable header connectors that can easily be mounted in a breadboard.
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/25 … 54c70ce43b
To match this base board I have also created a number of different add on modules that can be snapped together in to a stack of boards to build the desired functionality. Here are a few of them:
A battery charger and voltage booster to allow running it from a Li Ion battery
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/25 … 45609f882f
An environment board with OPT3001 and BME280 that allows you to very accurately monitor environmental parameters.
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/25 … 9e524d79fe
A 12/16 bit ADC board
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/25 … 475576df5a
A battery backed up real time clock board
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And everything snaps together like this:
http://wiki.sweetpeas.se/images/thumb/3 … timage.JPG
The currently available function modules (I call them +One modules) communicate over an I2C bus, which doesn’t affect the available number of GPIO pins much.
I’m currently Kickstarting this project and if you’re interested in learning more about the project please go ahead and visit: http://kck.st/1IVY0C6. We also have a demo there running against Thingspeak. I also have a more technical Wiki were the project is documented at: http://wiki.sweetpeas.se/index.php?title=Node.IT
I really want your comments so please… go ahead =)
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