Introducing Netduino Plus 2
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:15 AM
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:30 AM
I'll answer all questions I can, some remain unanswered for someone else, sorry for that.
Just like the Arduino Uno, they're added for I²C shields. But there's also still an I²C channel on pins 4 and 5!I noticed that i2c has been moved? Does this mean it is no longer available on analogue pins 4 and 5?
Also this adds two additional GPIOs.
This is also a new thing. Since there are boards running on 5V and 3.3V Arduino started using an IORef, which gives off the voltage for signals. On the Netduino board this is equal to 3.3V.what is ioref?
Nothing Reserved for future use so far.and what are the 2 pins not labelled?
My .NETMF projects: .NETMF Toolbox / Gadgeteer Light / Some PCB designs
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:38 AM
Whew We're still making Netduino Plus 1 for commercial customers (100+ units) but for new designs...Netduino Plus 2 is definitely the way to go.I noticed that i2c has been moved? Does this mean it is no longer available on analogue pins 4 and 5? If not that's ok. I was day's away from ordering 100 industrial shields. If this was released 1 week from now. Their would have been tears.
The new Arduino boards put I2C on the "SDA/SCL" pins. They may optionally also copy them on different pins. There is no "A4/A5" standard anymore.
Netduino Plus 2 puts the I2C on the SDA/SCL pins, per the Arduino standard. So right now if you want to use shields which have I2C on A4/A5, just connect jumper wires between the headers.
That said, we're working on a clever software solution which will let you pick between I2C on A4/A5 and I2C on SDA/SCL (mirroring to both by default). That's the same I2C software that will be running on Shield Base. So we'll be taking the new Arduino standard a step further by making things even easier for users.
AREF is now internal. 99.9% of users use the 3V3 header as their analog sensor's voltage...so it's all connected internally. And we put bulk smoothing caps on the 3V3 rail...so your ADC readings should be much more insulated from things like sudden Ethernet traffic.What has become of aref? and what is ioref?
and what are the 2 pins not labelled?
There was also the problem that different boards have different AREF ranges...and like with Netduino Plus 1 ( Rev B ) we didn't want the potential that a shield could damage the mainboard by AREF being out of allowed range.
IOREF feeds 3.3V to shields, so that they know that they should use 3.3V logic (and hopefully 3.3V analog signals). This was necessary for Arduino because some of their new boards aren't 5V any more. It's not critical for us, but if analog voltages follow the reference...we'll magically get compatibility with even more shields.
The 2 pins which aren't labeled are AREF (which is now internal) and the "blank pin" which Arduino has put next to IOREF. It's there for future expansion. Only time will tell what it will become.
CANBUS will require a bit of external hardware, and some serious software hacking. It could be something we work on as a community and something we even contribute to the NETMF core. The CAN pins are PB8/9 which map to D5/6. So you'd be giving up 2 PWM pins (and have 4+ remaining). There's actually a second CAN interface on pins D4 and D13 as well...but that would make you give up SPI.And the possibility of canbus makes my heart race. if it were to some along in the future. what pins would I leave spare?
Thanks for your enthusiasm
Chris
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:03 PM
You're going to make me a lazy coder again
Now I just need to get one to Canada......
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:19 PM
Now I just need to get one to Canada......
Proto-advantage have already listed them
http://www.proto-adv...uino_plus_2.php
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:24 PM
Is it possible to make an Go port out of the jtag header?, or are we getting an Go Shield?
I haven't looked at the schematic but my guess is no. The mini jtag is probably wired to the STM chip. Go ports require SPI and GPIO pins which I doubt are part of the jtag spec.
As for a Go Port shield - that would be cool! It would really unify all the products - use any of them with any of the boards you might have. +1 to that idea!
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:30 PM
Proto-advantage have already listed them
http://www.proto-adv...uino_plus_2.php
Shipping to Canada for $2.50......Done and Done!
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:41 PM
Shipping to Canada for $2.50......Done and Done!
I think they are in Canada?, based on the contactus page.
They are very cheap in delivery even to Norway
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 05:34 PM
Does this board have an hibernate feature?
I believe the STM chip has different power modes but I think NETMF is limited in what it can do. Maybe this should be a feature request?
I personally would love to have a low power profile such that at boot up all the shield power pins are off. If I have threads all asleep the MCU should go into low power mode. I'd like to be able to tell the MCU to go down and wait for an interrupt before waking up to do work.
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 05:36 PM
Woot! A Netduino Plus 2!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nzw1t00Vnk
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