Archives for Hardware

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!

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 [...]

Magnetovore pre-orders, Megavore and Copper coming soon

Just a quick update for those of you following the blog: we have made the needed design changes to the Magnetovore PCB to fix the silly errors we made (including the classic TX and RX pins being swapped, how embarrassing). We are also finalizing the pricing for the production PCBs and setting up the last [...]

Introducing the Magnetovore

Introducing the Magnetovore, StackFoundry’s latest creation. The Magnetovore is a small development board featuring: An Atmel AVR xMEGA 128A1, running at up to 32MHz A USB to serial adapter, using the venerable FTDI FT232R chip. Up to 4Mbit (512KiB) of either standard SRAM, or 1-4MBit of MRAM, directly mapped into the processor’s address space. All [...]