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VK6MRG Guru  Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 347 |
If there is a MKII Maximite, I'd buy one anyway! And if it's not pin compatible with the MKI Maximite I can still use the expansion gear that I have. Makes more since this way as Rohan and Don have the MKI Maximite and expansion covered and I'm sure given half a chance Don will bring out 101 MKII expansion products when the MKII is released. And I’m still pushing for the use of the 100 pic PIC32, is way we can still have the standard features of the MKI and the additional I2C, serial, colour VGA and I think PWM output without affecting the standard 20 I/O's of the MKI. And yes i know that the physical pins from the PIC will have to be different, but that should be no problem. This will allow the use of Arduino products as well. And yes, I think that the MKII should be the same stile as the MKI and with the extra I/O's an adaptor board to sit on top of the MKII box for the use of expansion via Hamfield, Dontronics and Arduino products. Just because the MKII will be on the market i think that the MKI will be around for a long time to come! Matthew Its easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission! ............VK6MRG.............VK3MGR............ |
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EEVblog Newbie  Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 11 |
Not so much a Mk2 version, but I guess just the "bare board" version should be Arduino pinout compatible. The one that the hackers will want to use and embed into products, or just generally play around with because it'll be cheaper than a nice fully enclosed unit. I think there is still a good market for a well designed unit in a nice case, and poeple will likley pay a premium for that. The Arduino version of course doesn't itself to that at all. So I wouldn't market it as a "Mk2" unit, I'd just say it's an alternative form factor version. Dave. |
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vasi Guru Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
Funny is that the hackers have already what to hack. Look here Ken's hack: 
http://www.kenseglerdesigns.com/cms/node/6 You can still use the standard Arduino (not Mega) shields. Is a "breadboard" where you can work the Mk2, testing various shield compatibility and adding the required language extensions... I strongly recommend it to Geoff, whatever he may end up with. Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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| vasi Guru Joined: 23/03/2007 Location: RomaniaPosts: 1697 |
You can't teach children C language. Well, you can but you get better results teaching them Basic language. I see Maximite also a better variant for an electronics and IT lab computer in a school than the $100 computer (which is harder to manufacture and need also additional tools) for the third world. It not replace it but can go lower (to younger kids) than that. Hobbit name: Togo Toadfoot of Frogmorton Elvish name: Mablung Miriel Beyound Arduino Lang |
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elproducts Senior Member  Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 282 |
I've sat back and watched this discussion with great interest and have to say it's nice to see a few more people agree with the concept of a Maximite in Arduino form. For a while I was feeling like a loner. Don's Arduino shield compatible expansion boards seemed to be the only progress to date but I know there are other concepts in the works so I hold out hope. It's also nice to see Dave's comments agree with my previous posts that the Maximite's unique feature over Arduino is the the ability to be programmed without an PC connection. Just hook up a keyboard, display and power and you are programming. In fact I set this up at the Detroit MI MakerFaire using one of Don's Maximite boards. It got a great response from the older crowd and in general people found it interesting but they were more interested in the chipKIT and Arduino module I had displayed at the booth. So it was clear to me that an Arduino style Maximite would be interesting to a segment of users that want to use shields and still program in the BASIC they grew up with. I'm sure we'll see that at some point. www.elproducts.com |
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Keith @ Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 167 |
elproducts Thanks for the feedback. It is interesting that there were more people for the chipKIT but I suppose not unexpected given the relative newness of the Maximite. Could you elaborate if this may have been due to a higher number of people having Arduino experience or usage that were attending the Detroit MI MakerFaire? Or what type of people were most likely to attend this type of event? Keith The more we know, the more we know we don't know ! |
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| elproducts Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 282 |
The audience is hobbyists, hackers, professionals of various ages. From kids to adults. You have to understand that Arduino has sold over 150,000 boards in the last 5 years and that doesn't include all the clones so yes more people are familiar with the Arduino. Many of the electronic gadgets on display where controlled by Arduino or Arduino style modules and shields. It is clearly the trend in hobbyist electronics over here in the USA. www.elproducts.com |
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