[chbot] PIC32 based Arduino Compatible board

[Michael Pearce]

Not sure if applies to NZ shipping - but might work if anyone is inteersted.

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Enter code CHIPKIT; offer runs through June 30th, 2011.


Propeller does not have a Arduino Platform and use the Wired language,
which is what this thread was more about.

Also not commercially viable, Lacking in memory ranges, peripherals
(yes many can be simulated using a cog)  and other general thing
expected for commercial devices and really expensive in volume, and
small high risk company.
But make really nice hobbyist parts and is a really cool device.

Mike

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Hanno Sander <hanno at mydancebot.com> wrote:
> If you want much more power (8 32bit cpu's at 80mhz with all sorts of
> counters, video out...) - lots of open source support for all sorts of
> peripheral (http://obex.parallax.com), cheaper price ($20us for a very
> nice dev board:
> http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/ProductID/748/Default.aspx), check
> out my favourite, the Parallax Propeller.  In a DIP package it's only
> $8us...
> Hanno
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:14 PM, hamster <hamster at snap.net.nz> wrote:
>> If you are after something more powerful then and AVR, using the same
>> Arduino, IDE but do not need it to be form-factor compatible have a look at
>> http://www.alvie.com/zpuino/about.html. It is a System-on-a-Chip based on
>> Zylin's ZPU 32-bit processor core, and runs at around 100MHz.
>>
>> It can run on the Papilio One board
>> (http://www.gadgetfactory.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18,
>> US$50).
>>
>> If you find that you don't like the ZPU, an AVR based core is also
>> available for upload to the board, converting it back to a standard
>> Arduino.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Tue, 24 May 2011 07:07:18 +1200, Charles Manning
>> <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 24 May 2011 06:27:30 Michael Pearce wrote:
>>>> Just officially released today (I've had a couple for a month or so).
>>>>
>>>> Uses same wired language and same GUI as the Atmel based Arduino
>>>> boards, but with serious processing power behind it.
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/chipKIT-Development-Platform.htm
>>>>l
>>>>
>>>> Note: Arduino is a open hardware and software platform that was not
>>>> supposed to be processor specific.... but no one has really put the
>>>> effort in until now to use any other processor until now.
>>>> In the past many have made hardware that can take the Arduino shields,
>>>> but never ported the wired language and the Arduino GUI.
>>>
>>> Doesn't the ARM-based Maple do that too?
>>> http://www.cutedigi.com/product_info.php?products_id=4514
>>>
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