The MetaBoard

We are just finishing up design details for out Beta test devices. We expect to be sending them out for a few lucky people to play with over the next month. If you'd like to have your say on some of the features included, or be one of the testers, head on over to our patreon and cast your vote. https://www.patreon.com/metaboard

While our previous designs have focused on extensibility and modularity (and we intend to do so in the future), we are gearing up these ones for ease of use. Plug&play with as many features to help you test as possible. They look something like this:To give you a short tour, those pins at the end are the IO. Any signal coming in to one can come out the other via an internal channel. The channels are normally available on each side to allow the devices to be stacked together, but in this simplified version, we have only the programming ports on the side (sorry, no USB programming yet!). The five pins in the middle allow you to use a jumper to set the voltage of channel 9 to GND, 3v3, 5v or 12v.

At the moment we have the supply channel, a GPIO, an LED, and an ADC, as can be seen here:

We can toggle the onboard LED (which is internally connected to GND) by connecting GPIO and LED to the same IO, then toggling the GPIO:

Thanks for joining us :)

We are finalising v0.3b at the moment. This iteration simplifies our design. We are offering it to beta testers.

But while you wait, here are some demonstrations of the utility of our tookit:

Connecting channels to IO pins in the user interface

Lighting up an LED on a breadboard and on the controller board using the user interface

Applying logic levels at a click of a button in the user interface

Hi,

So, we are launching our crowdfunding campaign soon. We need funding to improve your prototyping experience and streamline our distribution. To be specific, this campaign will allow us to:

• Finalise R&D in Q1 2017.
• Manufacture and deliver kits to backers in Q2 2017.
• Produce custom shields, such as a higher precision ADC, a DAC, a MIDI controller, an SoC, wifi adapter or an FPGA.
• Secure retail distribution by the end of 2017.

My team can't thank you enough for following this project. Your support makes the development of the MetaBoard possible. You light up our days. We want to light up your days, and your breadboards! Here is how you can nudge us along:

- Spread the word to your friends, family, peers, enemies ... anyone who can put our project out there.

- Let my team know what you think about the MetaBoard. Leave me a message on here or on metaboard.com.au.

- Support my team on Patreon. Any donation encourages us and increases our productivity (especially when we can afford more caffeine).

Once again, our gratitude is ∞. One more thing...