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Matthew Whited
Matthew Whited

Reputation: 22443

As a hobbyist, what do you want in a hardware dev kit for .Net Micro Framework?

As a hobbyist that works on embedded systems/robotics. What would you like to see as hardware features of a Micro Framework development kit? I have seen plenty of questions about what is available, and nothing really about what is missing. I also find most existing kits to be aimed more at product development than the hobbyist.

Are modular designs using IDC/jumper blocks better or do you prefer built in components? How many GPIO pins? Would some form of memory mapped devices be useful? Would you see a use to more than one SPI bus? What wireless/serial protocols would you like to see?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 741

Answers (3)

BobC
BobC

Reputation: 3500

Are you talking about things like the FEZ boards or Netduino?

I think they've done some insanely great work.

Upvotes: 2

blak3r
blak3r

Reputation: 16546

I've always loved my Parallax Development board. I couldn't find the exact one i bought a few years ago... but this is close.

http://www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/123/Default.aspx?txtSearch=Prototype+board

To improve upon it, it'd be nice if it had a some more opamps. I like how you have all the peripherals around the outside that you can quickly wireup to the breadboard.

Upvotes: 1

Louis Davis
Louis Davis

Reputation: 784

For robotics I would like the development board to have a built in H-bridge (for motor control), I2C, SPI, serial, small LCD (for menus, etc.), ZigBee and/or Bluetooth.

Upvotes: 1

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