Back in June, I met Colorado Micro Devices at the Sensors Expo in Chicago. I posted about their RadioBlock modules on here on element14:
They also kindly gave me some modules to try out:
RadioBlocks | Colorado Micro Devices
"Simple Radio for Arduino or any Embedded System"
The Colorado Micro Devices RadioBlock is an IEEE 802.15.4 FCC and CE certified wireless modem. It has a simple UART interface to make it easy to drop into your end product or to experiment with. A standard 100 mil pin spaced header means you can plug it right into many common boards: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, it’s easy – No special pin configuration or adapter board needed! If you can connect RXd, TXd, Power and GND, you are ready to unplug and go wireless. It has an onboard regulator so it is 5V tolerant for boards with 5V IO. To make it even easier we’ve written a simple wireless mesh network we call SimpleMesh. SimpleMesh automatically routes your data to the node you address and we’ve created Arduino and C libraries for you so you can spend your time on your app and not on networking. Since these stacks are open source you don’t need anyone’s permission to to hack them.
I've not had time to try them out, so I thought I would pass on the favor to another member of element14 Community:
- 2x RadioBlock "Mains" Powered: http://www.coloradomicrodevices.com/shop/radio-block/
- 1x RadioBlock Battery Powered: RadioBlock | Colorado Micro Devices
- 2x USB2UART: http://www.coloradomicrodevices.com/shop/usb2uart/
- 1x Adapter board: JTAG/ISP Board | Colorado Micro Devices
- 1x Connector Kit: RadioBlock Connector Kit | Colorado Micro Devices
I'm going to ship all of of these modules for free it to one lucky Community member (sorry, no minors, you must be 18 years of age or older):
- Reply to this post with a short description of why you are interested (1 to 2 sentences is fine)
- I'll will pick a winner at random on Monday, December 2nd, at 5pm US CDT.
Note: I'm located in Chicago and will ship it for free to the winner using the lowest cost option available. If the winner is located outside the US, then the winner will be responsible for paying any customs fees or duty that may apply. I will list the value as $121 USD.
Cheers,
Drew
