all fun projects at Olimex Ltd
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in esp32, IoT Tags: antenna, box, esp32, external, iot, metal
Our popular ESP32-EVB now can be ordered with external antenna version: ESP32-EVB-EA.
What is next? Nice metal box, we already have first prototype:
It’s not painted and looks not so good but once we run production it will look as good as BOX-LIME-BLACK:
Box production is scheduled for end of September.
11 Sep 2018 4 Comments
in KiCAD, open source Tags: bom, extractor, generator, kicad, pdf, plugin
KiCAD got a lot of attention from Open Source and Maker community after Eagle was bought by Autodesk and moved to paid subscription model. This definitely was the most silly idea for CAD tool monetarization as on practice make all projects designed with Eagle owned by Autodesk and they can cut you from using them at any point they decide.
We know that in Open Source community size is vital for the project development. KiCAD obviously gained lot of community for the last two years and this starts to pay off.
Two weeks ago one interesting project was released:
Very useful tool for people who build prototypes it shows interactively where every part from the BOM to be placed on the board.
We didn’t have time even to check it while new amazing project is released:
This tool create KiCAD components by extracting the component info from PDF datasheet. Just imagine how much time this will spare when create 300-400 pin BGA component.
With such rapid development KiCAD is becoming leader with unique features which are missing the other paid “professional” CAD EDA products.
This once again proves the advantages of community driven Open Source development – the products become just better as many people think and develop together.
07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in arduino, IoT, new product, sensor Tags: aquarium, arduino, automation, level, pump, switch, water
SNS-WATER-LEVEL is floating magnet with reed contact sensor with travel length of 50 mm. It allow you to switch on off small pump which to keep the fluid level constant and to refill it. You can directly connect to Arduino or ESP32 IoT boards GPIO.
IMM-WATER-PUMP is silent submersible water pump which can help you to filter the aquarium water or to watering your flowers at home. It works with 3VDC and consume 0.12A.
06 Sep 2018 7 Comments
in esp32, IoT, KiCAD, new product, open source, OSHW, sensor, wifi Tags: board, development, esp32, iot, poe, wifi
ESP32-POE board is now in stock. The prices start from EUR 14.36 for 50 pcs order.
This board offers Open Source Hardware / FOSS solution and building block for distributed sensor network with power over existing LAN infrastructure.
Possible use cases are Home automation, Industrial machine logging, remote environmental monitoring, access control, remote displays etc.
The board contains ESP32-WROOM-32 module with WiFi/BLE and Ethernet connectivity , RESET and USER buttons, micro SD card, LiPo battery charger and LiPo connector which allow board to work even with power supply drops.
The UEXT connector on the board can be used to connect many different sensors like:
Si3402-B chipset takes care for the power over ethernet, it’s IEEE 802.3 compliant, including pre-standard (legacy).
Important notice, to keep board compact and as it’s main purpose is to connect to cloud different remote sensors there is no galvanic isolation between board and the power delivered by the LAN switch or router.
ESP32-POE has internal programming interface and you can program it with Espressif SDK or Arduino via USB cable. As the board is not galvanic isolated from the Ethernet power supply, before you connect the USB cable to your computer you should remove the Ethernet cable or you should use USB-ISO between your computer the ESP32-POE!
21 Aug 2018 3 Comments
in ARM, jtag, Learning, open source, tutorial Tags: arm, c, Cortex, gcc, gdb, M3, openocd, programming, tutorial
Jacob Mossberg wrote nice tutorial how to program in C ARM Cortex-M3 with GCC and how to debug it with GDB and OpenOCD.
We like very much the hardware he is using 🙂 STM32-H103 and ARM-USB-OCD-H.
31 Jul 2018 1 Comment
in news Tags: olimex, vacation
Our Summer vacation is from August 6th to August 17th. Please note that during this period our web store will work and you can place your orders, but they will be processed / shipped when we are back.
Orders which are placed in Friday August 3rd up to 12.00 our local time has great chances to be shipped same day, but if you really need something shipped before our vacation please do not count on last working day before our vacation to order it.
25 Jul 2018 13 Comments
in esp32, IoT, OSHW Tags: 7", esp32, iot, poe
You asked for it and we made it – this is one of our first prototypes of ESP32-POE board
These will be available for sale end of August.
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