http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=13157 A place to share, learn, and grow... en-US Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:08:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://forums.leaflabs.com/search.php http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=13157#post-28198 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:21:21 +0000 gbulmer 28198@http://forums.leaflabs.com/ <p>I do 'dither' on these boards. It looks like an STM32 with an mbed-like bootloader; mbed looks like 'flash memory' for the loader. IMHO that is an excellent way to make loading simple for the user.</p> <p>My concerns are:<br /> 1. It doesn't claim to be open source hardware, so I assume it isn't<br /> 2. It doesn't mention the license of the bootloader, so I assume it isn't open source<br /> 3. It identifies coocox as the IDE, but that only runs on Windows<br /> 4. The bootloader is a dual device (flash and serial), so might not work on other platforms (much has been posted here, and around the net about USB devices with 'two interfaces)<br /> So it is far from ideal for me.</p> <p>However, I think if they can get £7,000 (GBP) to fund manufacture a large enough batch to offer a reasonable price, then good. Having a few thousand more people using the STM32 for 'maker' projects is likely a good thing. </p> http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=13157#post-28194 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:35:10 +0000 mlundinse 28194@http://forums.leaflabs.com/ <p>Yeah, have you not heard that Cortex-M3 is WAY EASIER to use than the STM32F1 line of processors. ARM is the way to go !!</p> <p>Well seriously, this totally looks like a STM32, check the port pin names and the corresponding funtions on the "war Horse"</p> <p>Wonder whar kind of 'easy' development environment the are building. Looks like an ok<br /> board but a few years behind the competition.</p> <p>And just below their Kickstarter presentation is a link to the Teens 3 project, as small as theirs, a CM4 processor, proven track record and quite good support.</p> <p>/Magnus </p> http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=13157#post-28190 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:51:20 +0000 bnewbold 28190@http://forums.leaflabs.com/ <p>HMM! A little weird that they 'shopped out the MCU vendor/MPN.</p> <p>We used Gold Phoenix back in the day... not horrible (for the price), but not the smoothest process either.</p> <p>Sorry to hear they think the Maple is not easy enough to use but that the Cortex-M3 is easy for a beginner. These chips have a lot of features and complexity! </p> http://forums.leaflabs.com/topic.php?id=13157#post-28160 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 01:31:30 +0000 bubulindo 28160@http://forums.leaflabs.com/ <p>Browsing through Hackaday I found this: </p> <p><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1883701526/matchboxarm" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1883701526/matchboxarm</a></p> <p>Seems interesting, although the lack of IDE might be a deal breaker for some. </p>