kenemon 29 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 can anyone help me with this? The measurements are pretty much spot on, but i am not sure where to go from this point with the pcb file. I found some discrepancies with the footprint they provide, but a little fudge made it work, i think We should do the group thing here, but it would be hard to wait a month looking at this thing sitting there, begging to be used.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenemon 29 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 This is a "development kit". It has the transceiver and the uC built in. DId someone think they were going to send them a dozen free boards? :oops: Like I said earlier, try to be cool and make the moment last..... FOR EVERYONE :silent: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HylianSavior 37 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I received an email confirmation of my order but my account orders page is blank... strange. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 If anyone wants to go ahead and spin a pcb for it, I'll be glad to sponsor a batch from Seeed. Just create a thread in the Projects section and take it from there. It will be good if others can put their input in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Rather than a standalone breakout PCB, how about a Launchpad shield that does the following: 1. Breaks out as much of the spare IO as possible. 2. Allows people to easily connect to the Launchpad's emulator, so the uC can be programmed over the Spy-by-wire with no effort. 3. Connect a dipole antenna? 4. Optional power connector? These things could be powerful little devices for all sorts of wireless automation tasks! After programming it on a Launchpad, it could be removed and powered externally. Just some ideas. Anyone else have any? Mine haven't arrived yet so I haven't actually been able to take a good look at what we are working with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HylianSavior 37 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Rather than a standalone breakout PCB, how about a Launchpad shield that does the following: 1. Breaks out as much of the spare IO as possible. 2. Allows people to easily connect to the Launchpad's emulator, so the uC can be programmed over the Spy-by-wire with no effort. 3. Connect a dipole antenna? 4. Optional power connector? These things could be powerful little devices for all sorts of wireless automation tasks! After programming it on a Launchpad, it could be removed and powered externally. Just some ideas. Anyone else have any? Mine haven't arrived yet so I haven't actually been able to take a good look at what we are working with. Thing is, the module already has an msp430 on it, so in my opinion, it would work best as a standalone system with broken-out IO pins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Probably. I guess its purpose on a Launchpad would only be for programming, so you are probably right. Still, shields are cool and we still don't have a cheap Launchpad wireless solution. But I guess that these things are really only cheap because of the current price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenemon 29 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 I think you have the right idea with the shield. The first challenge is to get this baby pinned. This could be easily "stacked" on another board, and eventually built into a specific design. The LP is such an powerful and affordable I/O processor, that my plan was to use it to handle this, and let the module take over the wireless, initially it could resemble Tron, which was a breakout for the tssop footprint, but same concept: NJC did this for a bluetooth module : http://www.msp430launchpad.com/2011/08/adding-bluetooth-to-your-msp430-project.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 They are not going to give you dev kits because you didn't know what you where ordering and totally failed to put any effort in to researching it. :shock: Easy there oPossum! I just figured I'd ask. I'm not going to argue with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Looks like they raised the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HylianSavior 37 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Dear ______, Unfortunately there was a technical issue that caused the wrong price for this part to be displayed on our website. The actual price is $8.00/unit. Are you still interested in these parts? Sorry for the confusion. Please advise if you are still interested in ordering these. Thanks, Conor Hickey Inside Sales Representative Knew it was too good to be true. $8 still isn't a bad price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zborgerd 62 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I was afraid of this, so I ordered a few extras over the weekend (they shipped before the price change). We must have purchased a lot of them, considering that there were 140 of them last week, and now they are down to 30 units. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I've got a couple extra, if anyone needs them. Would be willing to trade for promise of posting your project! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xmob 26 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 According to this page, shipping to the UK will be $20+. That sucks! :evil: I'd have bought several of them, even at the $8, but not with shipping costs like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Maybe you can win couple of them in the next POTM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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