Website: http://www.xduino.comPrice: 30$ + 10$ shippingInfo:http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1248633489http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1247691841http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1257646436I think this board would be a great replacement for the arduino, esp in tasks such as ardupilot, arduimu, etc where limitations are present (ie Kalman filters are too slow, ROM is too small, etc). A huge benefit here is also that there are two DACs (not PWMs, real DACs!) and not only that, but they're 12-bit. The ADCs are also 12-bit, compared to the Arduino's 10-bit ones (and there are 16 ADCs vs. 6 on the Arduino).This board is SMT only which I think is reasonable (and lighter weight as well).The board features: (from the website)Bootloader via RS232 (not USB) (which saves weight)32Bit ARM Cortex-M3 running at 72MHz 64Pin (LQFP) by STmicroelectronicsUse Crystal 8.00MHz + Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) - computes at 1.25 DMIPS/MHz to process data that is equivalent to 90MIPSHas RTC (Real Time Clock) Circuit with XTAL 32.768KHz and Battery Backup connector5 Serial ports48 General purpose input/output pins (GPIO)16 Analog input channels 12-bits (ADC)2 Analog output channels 12-bits (DAC)512 Kbytes of Flash memory68 Kbytes of RAM3 SPI ports (2 can do I2S)2 I2C1 USB1 CAN1 SDIOSupports In-System Programming (ISP) and In-Application Programming (IAP) through On-Chip Boot-Loader Software via Port USART1 (RS232)Has RS232 Communication Circuit that uses Connector 4-PINHas 48 Bit GPIO with 5V-Tolerant for independent digital applications (maximum analog input is 3.3V)Use +3.3V Power SupplyConnectors is placed on 50 Pin Header with a distance of 2.54mm (100mil) (25 pins per side) with a distance of 1.5 inch (1500mil/38.1mm), so it is quite easy to use and expand I/O Circuit.Any thoughts?
Agreed. Can't wait to see these out in bulk as well. I beleive the Xduino guy is having out-of-stock issues as well. I'll try contacting him to see if I can get the board schematic.
It could flash properly but it wouldn't run anything, probably because of clock jitter due to the protoboard. They were $10 & needed bulky protoboards. Now ARM's are cheaper than 8 bit microcontrollers & custom SMT soldering is easy, not that you should build your own instead of buying one from xduino.com.
Once the Arduino brand is standardized on ARM, 8 bit microcontrollers will probably die quickly.
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It could flash properly but it wouldn't run anything, probably because of clock jitter due to the protoboard. They were $10 & needed bulky protoboards. Now ARM's are cheaper than 8 bit microcontrollers & custom SMT soldering is easy, not that you should build your own instead of buying one from xduino.com.
Once the Arduino brand is standardized on ARM, 8 bit microcontrollers will probably die quickly.
http://blogs.leaflabs.com/2009/08/maple-prototype/
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