In response to the original question: I'm actively in pursuit of a *pretty rare* failure mode causing the 5V voltage regulator on the IOIO to fail permanently. Hopefully I will be able to get down to the root cause of this and find a fix that will make it to the next revision. In the meantime, I'm accumulating a nice pile of dead IOIOs on my desk :) Don't hold your breath on the new rev. These things take time.
What I know for certain: 1. I've never been able to reproduce the problem with input voltage lower than 12V. 2. Even with 12V input it is pretty rare, and is associated with a sudden load transient (e.g. connecting a phone that doesn't have proper in-rush current limiting). 3. Some IOIOs seem to be completely immune (i.e. was never able to make them fail), while others fail immediately. So for the near future, if you supply the IOIO with, say, 10V or less you should be golden. On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Bill Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > That Sparkfun kit looks okay. It might save you a lot of "figuring things > out" time if you work through their projects. All the stuff in the kit is > cheap parts but it is nice to have the breadboard and basic components all > in one place to get accustomed to. If you are already an Android programmer > you should be able to move to this with no problem. > > I have been playing with the IOIO for about 6 months and wow, I have > learned so much. Can only do it in my spare time but I love what I am able > to accomplish. It totally blows Arduino out of the water. > > > On Friday, January 2, 2015 5:10:18 AM UTC-6, Thanos Fisherman wrote: >> >> Thank you for the very comprehensive answer. I decided to go with the kit >> as I don't have any of the peripherals required. >> >> I have no idea what that simpler IDE is about I think I'm gonna use >> eclipse as it will be easier for me to migrate ioio to android studio >> later. When I do this I will post my experience to the community :) (I >> already saw some steps from the creator to migrate to android studio + >> gradle) >> >> So i guess in my case I won't have to mess with the software provided by >> sparkfun right? >> >> Thanks again >> Thanos >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
