I will be explaining my project in a future post soon, but a box of fun things has arrived and I wanted to tell everyone about it. 
Don’t worry, I will not go over everything in silly detail, but I will mention all the parts I am intending to use in my project. Hopefully between all of us we will cover everything that is in the box.
First and most important for me is the MAX32630FTHR. In fact it is two complete kits including a MAX32625PICO Cortex-M4 module that can be used for debugging the MAX32630FTHR using DAPLink. The MAX32630FTHR itself is a compact dev board based around the MAX32630 ARM Cortex-M4F with a floating point unit, 2MB flash storage, and 512KB SRAM. The board also has a PAN1326B Bluetooth module that is key to my project.
One challenge for me is the MAX32630FTHR is historically used with the MBED ecosystem, but that is closing down in a few months and I want this project to have a longer future than that, so I need to do something else. Fortunately there is an Arduino core for MAX326xx series devices that can be used here so currently it is my intention to use that.
The other key part for my project is the Particle Ethernet featherwing. I have used a few Particle Photon modules (and Spark Cores for that matter) over time, but I never thought about using the Ethernet featherwing with other devices until now. It is based on the W5500 From WIZnet that I have used successfully on other projects so I have high expectations of success here.
Finally I will mention the Adafruit charlieplexed LED display and DC motor controllers. If time allows I would like to build some kind of visual feedback as a stretch goal, but this is a nice little extra I will be doing if I have time and not critical to the project’s success. I anticipate these being part of that stretch goal if time allows
So I anticipate some experimentation happening over the weekend. Expect an overview of the project and any updates on progress soon.
Has anyone any useful titbits to feed back? Have I missed anything important?
