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[Dr Who]

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]Hello![/font]

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]Okay we now have a "shield base" for the Go platform. We have multiples of devices for the Go platform.[/font]

 

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]What's involved with creating a shield for the Netduino 2 such that it would amendable to becoming a participant in the Go community?[/font]

 

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]I freely admit that a starter platform is indeed available, but so is the N2 platform. The N2 platform runs the same processor and has the wherewithal to make it possible, but the shield it needs isn't available, now.[/font]

[Nevyn]

This has been mooted a few times over the past year or so.  In my mind a simple design would incorporate the following features:

• Shield format
• Space for a simple power circuit should this be desired.  Leave unpopulated
• Several GO! sockets (say four).  Each socket would have a CS line which could be connected to a user selected pin.  SPI and power would be routed to the sockets from the relevant pins.
• N2 GoBus driver to emulate the GoBus on the Netduino GO!

Additionally, you would need to recompile the drivers for the relevant GO! module.

 

For a more sophisticated product you could consider better power control for the socket, LEDs to indicate power and so on.

 

None of this is too difficult.

 

Regards,

Mark