@ FireFate - Cool! Your neighbors are gonna love it
So Iām getting pretty far in my migration to the Cerb40 for a more modular approach. Still have about 6 more wires to add to the breadboard to verify I donāt have any interrupt conflicts etcā¦
Eagle schematic is almost there. The PCB will have headers for the Cerb40, with the SD reader and Music Module on Gadgeteer jacks. There will also be a WiFly (Xbee) jack on the board. Other parts will be populated as needed.
The idea is I can reuse the PCB for peripheral WiFi controlled accessories, like the RGB lamp I rigged up in the attached picture. The radio will be the centerpiece, and the peripheral devices will be controlled by it and/or an Android app in the future.
I only have 1 Cerb40 IO pin left unassignedā¦ but I was also thinking Iād expose a couple MOSFET outputs that could run a DC geared motor or something. I suppose I could run the XBee socket GPIO pins to an expansion jack as well.
Any of you guys have other cool ideas I might be missing while I finalize the PCB??
Tesla coil?
See?!? I canāt believe I missed that!!! Good thing I consulted with the pros lol.
@ FireyFate - I think that you must wait for rotating leds by Gus ā¦ thatās will be really a big advance !!! Ahahahah
Yep, the propeller
Well, I gotta admit there were some hiccups and a learning curve migrating to Cerb, but Iāve got all my necessary functions verified. Time to get that PCB routed!
On a side note, itās a bummer that there is no Watchdog or Hibernate for the Cerb line. Not a knock against GHI, Iām a fan for sureā¦ but I was thinking it would be awesome if there were a way to sell a premium version of the Cerb40 since itās so well suited for small embedded projects that donāt justify a more full featured offering.
I guess there would have to be some sort of hardware difference to prevent somebody just flashing the OSHW version with the Premium firmware. Iād definitely pay more for a Premium Cerb40 thoughā¦ and maybe a dozen of them lol. Maybe around the $35-40 mark to come in under the G120.