Steven Fett
Fab Academy 2016
Embedded Networking and Communications
Design and build a wired &/or wireless network connecting at least two processors
Interface and Application Programming
Write an application that interfaces with an input &/or output device that you made
Embedded Networking and Communications
For the week of Networking I decided to use Neal's HelloI2C Bridges (link) and Nodes as this seemed like a good intro to some of the hardware I will be needing in my final project (link)
I began with looking up the board layouts (link) (link) and began putting them into Eagle
I noticed the way the components were labeled I couldn't just name the nets the same. GND is sometimes named G, VCC is sometimes named V, etc.
I renamed my nets to ensure that they connected properly.
I received from Craig Hoburn (link) a copy of his DRC for Eagle (link), this allowed my board layout to be created with less compatibility issues with our Modela.
After creating my board layouts (Project Files Bridge Node )
I merged them together into a single image to send to the Modela.
I milled the boards and soldered the components, but my bridge boards traces did not cut properly. I suspect I may need a fresher bit.
In the upcoming days I hope to successfully burn boot-loaders to my boards and get the hello script working. I will edit and annotate the script to learn it's functions and operations.
To Be Continued...
Interface and Application Programming