[Noisebridge-discuss] Mini Arduino Kickstarter Launch

[asa hammond]

I just got an RN42 bluetooth module from sparkfun working with an arduino pro mini. Works great to my macbook.  I am very interested in small, low power wearable micros, building an in-shoe sensor system. I currently have force and accelerometer data streaming out.

I am interested in these kinds of very small micros, and will likely spin a version which has the bluetooth module directly on board and make a few.  I would love to collaborate with other people interested in such things and see what features could overlap nicely, and perhaps do a group oshpark order?

Asa

On Sep 21, 2012, at 12:21 PM, John Ellis wrote:

> Rachel,
> 
> There is some pretty tiny Bluetooth modules available from mouser or digikey. Does it have to be xbee compatible?
> 
> -John
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:19 PM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I confess I haven't looked at your project at all, so maybe you've addressed these things!
> 
> R.
> 
> mediumreality.com
> 
> On Sep 20, 2012 9:59 PM, <kburns at tiny-circuits.com> wrote:
> Hello Noisebridge!
>  
> 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. 
>  
> 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.
>  
> 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. 
>  
> I'm interested in any feedback you have on this project, and look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts. 
>  
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kenburns/tinyduino-the-tiny-arduino-compatible-platform-w-s
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Ken @ TinyCircuits (http://Tiny-Circuits.com)
> 
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