BlogInstead of going out and confronting the insanity of lines at 4AM, you can shop online. The store is offering 10% off for Black Friday (Nov 27) and following Saturday (Nov 28). Use the coupon code STAYHOME at the store. Pick up your AVR32 or XMEGA board today!
Archives for November 2009
First Revision Megavore in stock (XMega board without MRAM)
The first revision Megavore boards are now available in the store! There is one caveat to the board: the Arduino shield function does not work well as the pin spacing is incorrect. As such, we have labeled the board the “Non-Arduino” version. However, if you are looking for a general purpose XMega development board, pick [...]
Copper Development Board Quick Start Guide
We’ve just posted the Copper AVR32 stick/development board quick start guide, which is available at the download site: http://dl.stackfoundry.org/hardware/copper/
AVR32: Getting up and running with DFU
The Copper features an integrated USB bootloader which allows for reprogramming the device with nothing but the USB port. However, it can be a bit confusing to get everything set up correctly (install the trampoline in build rules, use the right linker commands, and get the drivers working), outside of AVR32 Studio or the included [...]
Copper pre-orders now accepted, new products and widgets
Our AVR32 DIP-module board (Copper) is now open to pre-orders! For $26.99 (plus shipping and handling) you too can bring one home. We are expecting the orders to ship before November 25th, but depending on demand and any glitches, the ship date may be pushed back. As part of the StackFoundry pre-order guarantee, you can [...]
Arduino for the Megavore? We’re working on it
We’re busy making the needed changes to the Arduino standard libraries to correctly support the Megavore, and in turn the AVR XMega. Stay tuned for more details! And good luck to LeafLabs on their STM32 based board!
The Eagle Library Collection
StackFoundry has an Eagle library collection we use on a regular basis, and continue to add parts to as we design them into products. We don’t have a complete list of all the parts in the library, but any design we make will have all of its component parts sourced from the it. Note that [...]
Schematics and Eagle files released for Copper, Megavore
As part of our open source hardware movement, we have released the schematics and Eagle files for both the Copper AVR32 stick and the Megavore XMEGA header board with Arduino-compatible pinout. The Magnetovore is not yet ready for release, but will be soon(tm). The information is available on the download server: http://dl.stackfoundry.org/hardware/ As described in [...]
Credit Cards now accepted at the store!
We are pleased to announce that credit cards are now directly accepted at the StackFoundry store, without having to use the Amazon.com Payments system. We get a better rate, and you no-longer need an Amazon.com account. In addition, this system lets us set up pre-orders and finer grained billing. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, [...]
