Amicus shields

[Bruce]

Thanks Dave,

I did finally manage to find a shield layout, and I think it's spot-on. I just kinda assumed, since the Arduino & Amicus boards were such an "open platform" that someone that already had shield board layouts would be a tad more "open" with the physical board layouts for shields..;o)

RF Digital has agreed to provide a couple PCBs, parts, and more, so I want to get a shield board ready soon, and was just looking to save a bit of time.

Microchip now offers a PIC32 board that's compatible with the Arduino compiler, shields, and more, so maybe I'll put together a few apps for this one, Arduino, and Amicus boards!

An Arduino compatible board, with a PIC32 processor, running at 80MHz, looks pretty darn enticing.

Check Microchips website for the details. I'm going to grab one and develop a few shields/code examples for them.

The only reason the Arduino is so popular, is because they don't say, buy our boards, buy our shields, or figure it out for yourself - so here's my contribution to the mix. Haven't had a board made yet, but dimensions match one from a link Lester provided. There's a .DXF and DipTrace board file for a blank shield.

Might save someone a few minutes not having to design the shield from scratch, and you can use the free version of DipTrace to make your own shields.