Update: The campaign has now ended on Indiegogo. Click here to see it.
We have our first crowdfunding campaign loaded and ready to go live. We’re just doing a final proofread before before we hit the button.
We’ve chosen the Serial LCD Adaptor for our first campaign. Continue reading Our first crowdfunding campaign goes live tomorrow
We are in the final stages of preparing a Christmas soldering project. Here is a video of the prototype board.
This prototype is running on one of our own Freescale controller boards but the soldering kit will be designed to plug into an Arduino or Raspberry Pi. (If you don’t have one of these we can supply a pre-programmed controller.)
When you wave your hand over the photo sensor on the top of the board the light level drops. When the program senses this drop in light level it starts the music IC and runs a little light show.
The project can be soldered in under an hour and the program will take a few minutes. Something to impress your friends with at Christmas.
We are planning to run this as our second crowd-funding campaign starting in the next few days. Check back here for the details.
There is a lot of interest in alternative energy these days. We think there is an interest out there in solar power projects. We are planning projects that range from the very basic hobby kit to experiment with solar power through to larger practical solar energy solutions. We’re not thinking big ‘power the whole house’ solutions. There are lots of those around already. We are aiming more at projects that will light up the patio at night or keep my phone charged for free.
We’ll update you on the progress of this as it happens.
Update: Our first campaign is now live on Indiegogo. Click here to see it.
AusThai is in the process of launching our first crowdfunding campaign. We see crowdfunding as a very good way to involve our customers in our product development decision making process.
We will be running campaigns from time to time as way of allowing members of the community to have a say in development of our Maker’s Corner product line. In return for your contribution you will receive one or more of the new products as they come off the assembly line.
Stay tuned to this page for updates.
The μpad system is based around the idea of a common backplane with replaceable controller boards and module boards. So far our controllers are based on microcontrollers. There is a lot happening in the world of FPGAs and Systems on a chip. Many of the functions that have traditionally been performed by microcontrollers are now being handled by FPGAs and hard wired logic.
We are currently talking to some of our regular customers in the education field to discover which FPGA may be most useful in a learning environment. We would love to hear any suggestions. Feel free to let us know by leaving a comment below.
The μpad system is based around the idea of a common backplane with replaceable controller boards and module boards. This approach works well with the controllers we’ve designed so far. We want to expand the range of controllers available for the system and we are currently looking at a PIC based controller.
This project is still in the planning stage. There is a large range of PIC processors out there. We are considering the PIC16F877A but we haven’t made a final decision. Do you have a preference or suggestion? Tell us with a comment below.
The μpad system is based around the idea of a common backplane with replaceable controller boards and module boards. This approach works well with the controllers we’ve designed so far. With the Raspberry Pi we have challenge. Continue reading Raspberry Pi Backplane for the μpad
The μpad system is based around the idea of a common backplane with replaceable controller boards and module boards. This approach works well with the controllers we’ve designed so far. At first glance it looks like the Arduino would be a good match for the μpad. Continue reading Arduino backplane for the μpad
Today we launched our new website designed by Big Splash! Websites. This is the first major redesign since the original site that was lovingly handcrafted in good old fashioned html not long after we were founded. With the new site we are now selling some of our best selling products directly to the public. See the products page for details. This news page is also a new feature.
Coinciding with the launch of the new site we are also launching Maker’s Corner where modern electronic components are made accessible to ordinary hobbyists and members of the Maker’s community. We plan to continue to bring more products to the public and we are asking you, our customers to let us know what you want. Is there a product you would love to see on the market but there is just no-one making it? Let us know. We can turn our years of experience towards bringing your idea to reality.
We are still populating the products pages so if you have any urgent queries please don’t hesitate to contact us.