Hi Jose,
thanks for the opinion :)
The modules would be exactly the medium which solves my problem, a
real problem - making a digital cinema camera.
Currently I know what is on one end (specific CCD chip) and what
would be somewhere in the middle (specific LCD) - but I do not know
exactly what is on the end and how many "middles" there will be. To
accelerate this development I want to use modular design - but not
specific to imaging as I do not want to throw out modules after design
or which did not fit the job.
Comparing to Arduino it is nice, but it is made for people who can
not design a simple pcb nor connect the atmega to parallel port for
programming (I am widely using the ATmega mcu's, always on custom
board.. first was very experimental, the consequent ones were always
perfect).
What I want is a set of modules which can replace designing a complex
board - when you take into account a reasonably big FPGA, it will be in
BGA.. so a breakout board is good.. but it will be a mess connecting all
the devices by wires.. so I grouped all the signals into few ports, and
added out-of-band communication (adc, phy's have usually i2c or spi for
configuration) which again does not need any wiring - true plug and play
(develop).
I am not asking the question because I know - it mainly replaces an
application specific prototype PCB design and few rework cycles to get
it right (so it saves resources for the designer - both time and money).
What I do not know, if I had missed some specific aspect of a modular
system (currently I have signals and mechanic form factor selected and I
am rather looking if there is also something else interested in
designing or using it).
Daniel.
On 08/18/2011 08:26 PM, Jose Hevia wrote:
Hi Daniel,
the first thing you have to understand is that:
People do not Care about especifications
People just want some ploblem in their live solved by tech, and tech
is the medium, not the end by itself.
It is socking to me that the first question you ask yourself is not:
what do I want this expandable thing to do? What do I want people to
do with it?
Then, specifications will be easy to calculate.
This is what makes Arduino Arduino, they are used by real people, like
artists to solve their problems, it is not an onanistic project in
witch people only care about pleasing yourself.
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