The new FEZ is here and it is free!

Console_WriteLine_A · October 28, 2011, 4:37pm

is it a coprocessor with extra memory for the spider?

ianlee74 · October 28, 2011, 4:40pm

I’m guessing a USBizi with less power… Only thing wrong with the current Spider is the price. It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to make an even more expensive Gadgeteer so soon after the Spider release. We need more Gadgeteers not fewer.

EricM · October 28, 2011, 4:50pm

Based on the number of connectors along the edge of the Hydra you can sort of estimate the size and it looks like it would be big enough to have the Chipworx module on the other side.

Guess we have to wait and see.

Architect · October 28, 2011, 4:58pm

You can see that big memory chip in the corner where reset button is.

Mike · October 28, 2011, 5:38pm

But a picture of the other side has been posted, and there was nothing there ;D

EricM · October 28, 2011, 5:40pm

Doh! Your right! I’m a dope.

:-[

Mike · October 28, 2011, 6:11pm

Far from it!

godefroi · October 28, 2011, 10:06pm

I would guess a new MCU, maybe STM32, maybe Freescale, maybe even the same SAM9 from Chipworkx, 150 MHz or faster. Could even be based directly on the (proven) Chipworkx design.

Remember when someone mentioned the higher-MHz Gadgeteer mainboard available elsewhere and Gus asked him to stay tuned to upcoming announcements?

[url]http://www.tinyclr.com/forum/21/4503/#/1/msg42530[/url]

Well, here you are.

Designer · October 29, 2011, 1:10am

I stared hard at the pictures and this is what I see.

EDIT : I am going to email my dreams to Gus instead !

GMod_Errol · October 29, 2011, 5:39am

I think it’s a Gadgeteer with Chipworks module instead of EMX…

Robert_Jacobs · October 29, 2011, 6:07am

I think it uses the chipworkx module?

Gus_Issa · October 29, 2011, 7:00am

Another hint for you, no it is not ChipworkX but it is 200Mhz like ChipworkX.

…more info coming soon

Architect · October 29, 2011, 10:10am

Is it a TI chip?

godefroi · October 29, 2011, 11:23am

When Gus says “Multiple FEZs” he means a new LINE of FEZ boards, not a single board with mulitple cores.

I would guess we’re seeing the switch from LPC to something else.

EricM · October 29, 2011, 12:05pm

A TI chip would rock (and not just because they are a local Texas company). They make some great ARM processors.

Robert_Jacobs · October 30, 2011, 5:59am

Really?! A TI processor? :o

Gus_Issa · October 30, 2011, 8:53am

What is special about TI?! The nice processors they have are not suitable for netmf. We did in fact evaluate them.

godefroi · October 30, 2011, 9:45am

The fastest MCU in the Stellaris 9000 family is 80 MHz. The most RAM available is 96KB, and the most flash available is 512KB.

There doesn’t seem to be significant improvement over the older LPC parts.

godefroi · October 30, 2011, 11:42pm

Snapdragon isn’t a microcontroller, it’s a SoC which includes a GPU and a radio.

Architect · October 31, 2011, 7:06am

Must be one of the LH7A40x