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DipCortex – GPIO Intro Video and Guide

DipCortex, SolderBridge, Tricks and Knowledge

To help get you up and running and writing your own code for the DipCortex we have started our own GitHub repository, written a guide and uploaded a video.


Be sure to view at 720p so you can read the code!

This video takes you through the setup procedure, importing our codebase from GitHub, running through the code. Building it and boot-loading the bin file over the USB connection.

These guides are applicable for both the DipCortex’s and the up coming SolderBridges that use the same processors. We hope they are useful, if you have a preference for the subject of the next guide let us know!

LAByrinth – UK MakerFaire Newcastle

News / Blog

Just a few days to go before the UK MakerFaire, which we have been invited to, If you’re in the area, please come, checkout our stand and play the LAByrinth.

UK-MMF

Our last Mini MakerFaire in Bristol was a big success, we met lots of people and saw some amazing exhibits from other makers. It was great to see kids play the LAByrinth and ask about how it all works hopefully inspiring them to make things!

SolderSplash Bristol MiniMakerFaire

DipCortex – ARM Cortex in a Dip Package with USB

News / Blog, Products

This week we have been playing with another new product, the DipCortex. It’s an ARM Cortex M3/M0 in a 40 pin dip package and USB socket. It has two versions a NXP LPC1347 M3 and a LPC11U24 M0, the pin out roughly follows a certain range of 40pin 8bit micros.

DipCortex - Blank PCB

DipCortex – Blank PCB

It’s perfect for quickly prototyping a product on a bread board. Both have USB peripherals and a USB stack in ROM saving flash space. Updating the code can be performed by plugging it into the computer, holding both buttons and then releasing the reset button. A mass storage device then appears and firmware can be drag and dropped on to this drive. Press reset and the new code is executed. Have a look at the product page for more info.

DipCortex

DipCortex – 40 Pin ARM Cortex M3/M0

SplashBase PC and Android Apps

News / Blog

The first SplashBases’s are now arriving at their new homes and we have been very busy this week packing orders, writing code and updating documentation. There are now user guides, schematics for the SplashBase, Relay and Gpio SolderBridges. As well as a update for those of you with v0.8 SplashBase firmware, Check out the project pages for those.

To control them you have the choice of USB serial, our PC application and now our first Android application. The PC Application & USB connection will have more features for now while the Android app will let you control the RGB PWM and Relay outputs of a SplashBase.

Next week, we continue to test an update to the SplashBase PC app that enables simple logic control.