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Make Controller Kit
(SKU# 27100)
$99.95 USD
2+ Units for $94.95 each.
Status: Temporarily Sold Out
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If you're an artist looking for an easy way to "get things to react",
you'll like the MAKE Controller
If you are a professional programmer and want to start building things
you don't want to dedicate a full computer
to, you'll
like the MAKE Controller.
If you are a power-hungry microcontroller fiend who has to resort to
networking multiple PICs or Atmels to get enough power, you'll like the
MAKE Controller.
If you need a micro with 32-bit power, built-in Ethernet & USB,
you'll like the MAKE Controller.
If you want to have your microcontroller communicate with your host PC
via USB, serial, or Ethernet via .net, Processing, Java, Max, PD,
Flash, C/C++, to Windows, Mac or
Linux, you'll like the MAKE Controller.
Interested yet? It's pretty cool - you might want to look at this!
This is a microcontroller that takes advantage of the latest 32-bit
microcontroller features. "MakingThings" labs partnered up with MAKE
Magazine, and "cranked it up to 11" to see what they could develop in
the lines of the ultimate microcontroller kit. And all source
schematics are freely available for your hacking pleasure!
So let's get to the nitty-gritty - what are the specifications?
- Layout
- Controller board houses CPU, and plugs into separate
Application board
- Application board has application specific hardware
- Controller board does not need
Application board - you can make your own!
- Controller Processor
- Atmel SAM7X processor (ARM7)
- 32-bit
- 256K Flash
- 64K SRAM
- 55MHz / 48 MIPS (about 10x more power than most other
controllers!)
- 3.3V
- Ethernet, USB 2.0, RS232, SPI, TWI/I2C, JTAG, CAN
- Application board
- 8 10-bit analog inputs with op amp unity gain buffer
protection.
- 8 digital outputs through socketed (replaceable!) 2 Half
H drivers—high current (1A per
coil). Drive 2 unipolar stepper motors, 4 DC motors, or 8 individual
outputs (solenoids). Output protection circuit to prevent power spikes
from noisy output devices affecting the processor.
- 4 standard servo connectors
- 4 configurable user-feedback LEDs
- 8 position DIP switch for easy configuration
- Convenient trimpot for easy parameter modification
- Polarity protection on power supply circuit
- JTAG connector port for fact code downloading and
debugging
- Software Environment / Programmability
- Cross platform usable on Windows, Mac, and Linux. All
source code is available
- Works as interface to PC when connected by Ethernet or USB
- Software to make it act as I/O interface includes
- .Net
- Processing
- Java
- Max
- Pd
- Flash
- C/C++
- Standalone Programmable
- Simplified C API available to program board using freeRTOS, which
manages the low-level hardware managment. But hey - if you're
"hard-core", full chip access is available for experiened programmers
- Easy to download finished projects from others onto
your board - no coding required.
- Wiring/Arduino-style programming interface is being
developed
- There's lots of people developing on
this as a community at MAKE.com and MakingThings.com!
- "How-to"
articles for beginners already available include
- Connect a Switch
- Connect an LED to Digital Output
- Distance Measuring Sensors
- Photocells
- Piezo Sensors
- PIR (heat motion) Sensors
- Potentiometers
- Scaling 5V signals to 3.3V
- Temperature Sensors
- There's a substantial support library of resources
for it!
Whew! That's a lot to cover!
So it's a powerful unit, with many ways to work with it. If you're not
sure where to start with a "serious" microcontroller application that
needs a fair bit of power but still needs to be user-friendly, the MAKE
Controller is your solution!
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 XBee Connector Pack
Price:
$8.00 USD
SKU: 27106
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