Metaboard/2010 activities: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

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** Document the learning experience

** Enhance tools used

** Create a version of metaboard that can be edited using free tools

== Implementation ==

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* Board base: [[metaboard]] (at least for the base station)

* RF communication: ISM band using [http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12.htm HopeRF RFM12]

* 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

== Resources ==

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* RFM12 supplier website: http://www.hoperf.com/rf_fsk/rfm12.htm

* RFM12 tutorial: http://blog.strobotics.com.au/2008/06/17/rfm12-tutorial-part2/

=== Existing similar solutions ===

(We could probably directly go for some of them, but doing it all ourselves gives more flexibility and a learning experience.)

* [http://jeelabs.com/ JeeLabs]: Arduino compatible boards running on 3.3V with RFM12B modules and a plug system for sensor components

* [http://www.tahina.priv.at/electronics.html cm's wireless temperature and humidity sensor with USB interface]: one of the V-USB example projects, pretty close to what we want to build

=== Physical resources ===

We hope to be granted access to metalab / [[whateverlab]] resources for physically creating the boards (PCB etching (or [[PCB CNC|milling]]?), solder station, parts repository / order collections), and will approach metalabbers as soon as we know what we want at all.