On the mbed Whiteboard!

Posted 14 Jul 2011, by user Simon Ford. 10 replies

A snapshot of something currently on the mbed whiteboard...

/media/uploads/simon/_scaled_whiteboard-board.jpg

This is a first sketch of an idea for a really small experiment/workshop board. The basic aim is to pack a board full of interesting components that use the different interfaces of the mbed, and that can be used for experiments in labs and workshops.

user Alex Louden published his design for a breakout board the size of a business card a while back, so when we decided to look at a self-contained experimenter board, it seemed a shame not to try and continue the trend!

Easy to draw on a board, but now Ioannis is working out if we really can cram that 0.5m drawing down to a PCB the size of a business card! We'll tell you how it goes...

10 comments on On the mbed Whiteboard!:

user Philips Philips
14 Jul 2011

You should seriously consider hiring a women If you don't have one already.

user Peter Drescher
14 Jul 2011

If you want to use a SPI LCD : http://mbed.org/cookbook/SPI-driven-QVGA-TFT

Color is much more fun !

I'm currently working on the touch lib.

Peter

user Simon Ford
14 Jul 2011

Hey, that LCD looks lovely. Post a video of it action if you get a chance; would help give a perspective of size!

user Dylan Dalrymple
15 Jul 2011

I think a nice color LCD with a touchscreen on an mbed breakout board would be completely awesome. I would love to get one with something like this (http://tiny.cc/rkl1f; it's fairly cheap and includes micro-sd slot) on it. You could probably even put the lcd on the backside or something to save room and keep the business card size.

user hugo stoutjesdijk
17 Jul 2011

I like too feed the serious engineers ( with more experience then i). I have make some pictures with different ideas. /media/uploads/driedee/mbed-io_model_-1-.pdf And of course one of the LCD from one of the others.

user Peter Drescher
19 Jul 2011

Hello Simon, have a look at : http://mbed.org/users/dreschpe/notebook/micro-paint/ Here is your video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCLFkKMMS4

It is difficult to film a TFT. The color is much better. Peter

user Philips Philips
21 Jul 2011

ooohhh I know infrared light like the kinect:) and a switch ohhhhhhh haah:)

user Harry Wahl
27 Jul 2011

Have you ever considered a development board that sits in a PCI slot?

user Xtian Xultz
22 Aug 2011

I have a suggestion for the board here: http://mbed.org/forum/mbed/topic/2618/

user Kevin Braun
22 Aug 2011

Excellent concept design Xtian, Just add a XBEE, ZigBee or WiFi connector and you're done. For higher power "user added" peripherals, it might be good to add an external 3.3V / 5V regulator for those devices. Don't be shy with having extra ground / power pins around i/o connectors either. ...kevin

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