Friday, March 30, 2012

Netduino Plus

Netduino is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework.
Featuring a 32-bit microcontroller and a rich development environment.
Suitable for engineers and hobbyists alike.

System Requirements

Windows

● Windows XP, Vista, or 7 (32 or 64 bit)
● 1.6 GHz or faster processor
● 1 GB RAM
● Up to 3 GB of available hard drive space for Visual Studio Express 2010

Mac OS and Linux

● Parallels
Serial deployment and partial USB support
Requires copy of Windows in virtual machine
● VMWare Fusion or Oracle VirtualBox
Serial deployment and partial USB support
Requires copy of Windows in virtual machine
● Experimental Mono (native) support
Future native Mac OS and Linux support provided by an experimental open source project

processor and memory

● Atmel 32-bit microcontroller
● Speed: 48MHz, ARM7
● Code Storage: 64 KB
without networking: 128 KB
● RAM: 28 KB
without networking: 60 KB

digital i/o features

● all 20 digital and analog pins: GPIO
● digital pins 0-1: UART 1 RX, TX
● digital pins 2-3: UART 2 RX, TX
● digital pins 5-6: PWM, PWM
● digital pins 7-8: UART 2 RTS, CTS
● digital pins 9-10: PWM, PWM
● digital pins 11-13: SPI MOSI, MISO, SPCK
● analog pins 4-5: I2C SDA, SCL

networking

● ethernet: 100 mbps
● network stack: lwIP

storage

● micro sd (up to 2 GB)
● auto card detect

power

● input: 7.5 - 12.0 VDC or USB powered
● output: 5 VDC and 3.3 VDC regulated
● analog reference: 2.6 - 3.3 VDC
only required when using ADC features

● max current: 8 mA per pin
digital pins 2, 3, 7: 16 mA per pin
analog pins 0-3: 2 mA per pin
microcontroller max current: 200 mA total
● digital i/o are 3.3 V--but 5 V tolerant

led colors

● power led: white
● user led: blue
● ethernet leds: 2 green, 1 amber

button features

● functions as a reset button (default)
● can be used as GPIO input

environmental

● operating temperature:
0 - 70 °C (32 - 158 °F)

● RoHS compliant
● Pb-free (lead-free)