"20% ARM Cortex-M, 80% Proto Space. Thin. Edge-mount LEDs and switches. Modern stripboard replacement. Can be sliced into two parts if desired!" Created by shabaz
What inspired your DreamBoard Design?
The desire for rapid prototyping! Breadboards and shields only get you so far. Stripboard or perfboard proto-space with a microcontroller attached in an optional-snap-away portion of the board would be very exciting. Especially if there were on-board analog-to-digital capabilities to interface to your prototyped circuitry.
What is your job role/background?
I have a background in Electronic Engineering, and have also spent some time as a software developer.
My job is technical marketing – all about getting businesses to be successful through the advantages of the Internet, networks and information technology.
Why should your DreamBoard be the winner?
It meets a real need! Today we all want to do some processing in the digital domain, collect data and process it off-board, even during our prototyping stages. Often that is done with an Arduino and a prototyping shield. Stripboard++ offers a compact solution without the bizarre Arduino header-pin spacing, higher performance using a Cortex-M, far lower cost due to no need for as many header pins and mating sockets, and a far simplified development environment compared to Arduino – just use mbed!
Stripboard++ is clean and simple – it’s not trying to solve the world’s problems. It solves that need to build and test circuits (often analog but could be digital) with the support of a modern microcontroller, its associated integrated peripherals and super-simple, ultra-rapid development environment.
Stripboard++ has edge-mounted LEDs and buttons which are very practical because then it can fit any enclosure conveniently. The LEDs are a key feature for conveying status information such as analog data acquisition rate through LED flashes.
Stripboard++ is ideal for analog sensor experimentation before porting your design to an IoT platform, because the on-board ADC can be used to capture analog measurements from the prototype analog circuitry, and allow engineers to tweak the design and the software while the actual production hardware is still being designed.
Stripboard++ is easy to design and implement – just pick your favorite ARM Cortex-M from vendors such as Freescale, TI, Silicon Labs.. bring out your favorite CAD package, and keep the design simple!
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