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It is definitely on us to prove that we'll provide long term support for the modules that we're developing, but we're also opening up documentation and referenc
by nrp 6y ago
It is definitely on us to prove that we'll provide long term support for the modules that we're developing, but we're also opening up documentation and reference designs for things like our Expansion Card system. If something ever happens to us, other companies and the community can continue to use and extend the ecosystem.
We designed the Expansion Cards in a way that it's possible to 3D print the housings for them on a home 3D printer and get PCBs fabbed through the normal hobby channels. We hope that folks in the community come up with interesting card ideas and bring them out themselves in addition to what we develop.
- foobarian 6y agoGPIO cards on a modern laptop? Sign me up!!!
- nrp 6y agoYes! Actually, one of the first cards we built internally is a little Arduino-compatible one with a SAMD21 microcontroller and an external-facing 0.1" pin header for GPIO.
- ben_ 6y agoI love it!
- mtrovo 6y agoWow that's actually a really cool idea
- thiagocsf 6y agoWill your specs include metric or just imperial measurements like you just used here?
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoFear not, modern inches are metric inches: since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s, it has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch
- robocat 6y agoWill the expansion cards work if plugged into a USB-C port on another laptop or desktop? (Assuming I have driver e.g. Linux installed).
- kieranl 6y agoYep! Most do not require any custom drivers.
- TimTheTinker 6y agoWoooow. This has a huge market potential among hobbyists.
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago> We designed the Expansion Cards in a way that it's possible to 3D print the housings for them on a home 3D printer and get PCBs fabbed through the normal hobby channels. That's a bold and brave move. Well done.