Hi Hacker News!! The Daruino team here, working on making the world a smarter, more connected place....<p>In preparing to launch our Minumum Viable Product, we'd really like to know, which of these would you be most likely to use or to fund on kickstarter?<p>All of these are projects which I have found to be personally useful and I would definitely purchase and use if they were available on the market as described, but I am a "special use case" so I thought I would throw this out to the HN community and see what comes back!<p>Please answer either (I,II,III,or III+IV), and include any additional info that you want to! I Have all of these projects prototyped , but trying to decide what the market needs more...Thanks for checking this out!<p>I) A tiny, lightweight 14 pin DIP Package that costs <$8 with the following specs:
ARM Cortex M0 processor, 50MHZ
32KB Flash, 8KB SRAM
4 channel 10 bit ADC
10 GPIO lines
16&32 Bit timers
1 Uart, SPI
Pins optional for stand-alone integration
Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over serial port<p>II) A tiny, lightweight Dip28 Package that costs <$15 with the following specs:
ARM Cortex M0 processor, 50MHZ
128KB Flash, 16KB SRAM
Pin compatible with ATmega328p / Arduino Uno, plugs into arduino board if desired
Drop in to "Arduino" circuits to give a big boost in capability
16&32 Bit timers
2x Uart, SPI, 2xI2C
Pins optional for stand alone integration
Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over serial port, could probably be readily made compatble with the Arduino DUE IDE<p>III) A 4cmx6cm systemboard that costs <$25 with the following specs:
ARM Cortex M3 processor, 100(120)MHZ
512KB Flash, 64KB SRAM
8 channel 12 bit ADC
10 bit DAC
70 GPIO lines
16&32 Bit timers
4xUart, SPI, 3xI2C, I2S, CAN (tranciever not on board)
USB Host support (HOST connector not on board)
Ethernet MAC (PHY not onboard)
Pins optional for stand alone integration<p>III+IV) This unit would also optionally include a daughterboard (<$25) that provides Ethernet PHY w/ RJ45, USB Host connector, uSD slot, CAN transceiver, possibly other functions.<p>Programmable in C/++ using readily available open source tools over usb port
Out of the box Programmable in structured scripting language (BASIC-Like) with built in IDE via web browser, telnet, serial(USB), or composite video (or vga) / keyboard (stand alone retro computer action set capability!).<p>Note that III / III+IV are in the price range of the Raspberry Pi, which is -much- more capable computer, but as an application processor, not a microcontroller, it is not optimised for low power battery operation (months of operation from a few AAA's or lithium pack) and is not equipped with a similar range of analog peripherals, nor a similar quantity of GPIO.<p>Viva La Evolution!