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Metaboard/2010 activities: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

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Current status: new hacksession
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change to 3.3v and minor additions
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* PCB implementation: single sided PCB with no SMD components
* PCB implementation: single sided PCB with no SMD components
* Board base: [[metaboard]] (at least for the base station)
* Board base: [[metaboard]] (at least for the base station)
* RF communication: ISM band using [http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12.htm HopeRF RFM12]
* RF communication: ISM band using [http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12b.htm HopeRF RFM12B]
* Computer communication: [http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/index.html V-USB] (works with metaboard, is cheap and much cooler than relying on serial port emulation)
* Computer communication: [http://www.obdev.at/products/vusb/index.html V-USB] (works with metaboard, is cheap and much cooler than relying on serial port emulation)
* Layouting software: [http://www.gpleda.org/ gEDA] seems to be the best free schematic and PCB editor
* Layouting software: [http://www.gpleda.org/ gEDA] seems to be the best free schematic and PCB editor
* Board voltage: 3.3V (originally 5V, but 3.3V gives cleaner USB communication and should save power in the sensor units)
=== Random implementation detail notes ===
* Some AVR boards have onboard temperature sensors that don't block an external pin. Given sufficiently low power output and sensor precision, those could be used for monitoring room temperature.
* The RFM12B modules feature low voltage detection. This could save some analog circuicy and pin on boards fed off battery w/o a voltage regulator.


== Parts ==
== Parts ==


=== for the base board (metaboard + DMX + RF12) ===
=== for the base board (metaboard + DMX + RF12) ===
''this is partially outdated due to the change to 3.3V board voltage''


* a 5V voltage regulator (7805)*
* a 5V voltage regulator (7805)*
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* RFM12:
* RFM12:
** [http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12.htm RFM12 supplier website]
** [http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12b.htm RFM12B supplier website]
** [http://blog.strobotics.com.au/2008/06/17/rfm12-tutorial-part2/ RFM12 tutorial]
** [http://blog.strobotics.com.au/2008/06/17/rfm12-tutorial-part2/ RFM12 tutorial]
** [http://news.jeelabs.org/2009/05/06/rfm12-vs-rfm12b-revisited/ RFM12 vs RFM12B]: the differences
** [http://news.jeelabs.org/2009/05/06/rfm12-vs-rfm12b-revisited/ RFM12 vs RFM12B]: the differences