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<div>I completely agree - I really see have RF communications on these little guys to be a huge enabler for some awesome projects. Since the project is going so well, we'll be announcing some stretch goals this weekend to add just what you're asking for - additional communication shields, namely Bluetooth (standard), Bluetooth Low Energy, and a 802.15.4 / Zigbee shield. If you're really interested in having a radio option with these, I'd definitely encourage you to get involved on the Kickstarter site for the project and help us meet the next goal in order to make these!</div>
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<div>For the battery, while we do have a coin cell option, that's really only good for a certain number of projects as you mention - so we fully expect people to use them with other battery or power options as well, like AA's or a Li-Ion battery pack. We even have an adapter available today for the TinyLily that lets you connect up to a number of battery packs from others, like Sparkfun and AdaFruit. </div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Mini Arduino Kickstarter Launch<BR>From: rachel lyra hospodar <<a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>><BR>Date: Fri, September 21, 2012 3:19 pm<BR>To: <a href="mailto:kburns@tiny-circuits.com">kburns@tiny-circuits.com</a><BR>Cc: <a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><BR><BR>
<div>There is a need for a tiny arduino that is designed for being sewn down. Can you make a tiny radio to go with it? The lilypad/xbee is ENORMOUS. Tinyfied sewable xbee/other mesh capable radios would be AMAZING. Right now I do without mesh in my wearables projects to get a little cheaper and have fewer components - with the Jeenode board/HopeRF.</div>
<div>Also for powering wearables, as they get more complex my preferance would be, rather than coin cells, distributed microcontrollers but centralized power, probably a cell phone battery in a belt pack? Support baked in for that would be nice.</div>
<div>I confess I haven't looked at your project at all, so maybe you've addressed these things!</div>
<div>R.</div>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sep 20, 2012 9:59 PM, <<A href="mailto:kburns@tiny-circuits.com" target=_blank>kburns@tiny-circuits.com</A>> wrote:<BR type="attribution">
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<DIV>Hello Noisebridge!</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm with SYN/HAK, the Akron, Ohio (USA) Hackerspace, and am in the process of starting up an open source hardware company here in our city. I hope this doesn't come off as spam, but I'm trying to spread the word to other Hackerspaces about our new open source project on Kickstarter called the TinyDuino and TinyLily. This is a family of boards that shrink the size of the Arduino to a new low, but without giving up the signals, processor power / memory, and expansion capabilities (via shields) that make the Arduino so powerful. </DIV>
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<DIV>The TinyDuino is just 20mmx20mm (Smaller than a US Quarter)! with a coin cell battery holder option, but still has stackable shield support and all the Arduino shield signals available! And it uses the same Atmel microcontroller as used on the Arduino Uno.</DIV>
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<DIV>The TinyLily Mini is 14mm in diameter (Smaller than a US dime)! This board has large sewtabs for easy soldering to, and also uses the same ATmega328p as used on an Uno. </DIV>
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<DIV>I'm interested in any feedback you have on this project, and look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts. </DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenburns/tinyduino-the-tiny-arduino-compatible-platform-w-s" target=_blank>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenburns/tinyduino-the-tiny-arduino-compatible-platform-w-s</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks!</DIV>
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