Amicus shields

[dhouston]

If the danged EDIT feature was working I'd have added...

It also seems like a good way for noobies, etc. to be able to do hands on testing of things like the EM500, GA1000, ConnectOne modules, etc. before committing to a dedicated PCB design. Thus, I plan shields that have sockets for such devices like the one in this thread.

And building it will kill some time while I continue to patiently await the long-promised firmware for the EM500/GA1000 combo.

[cncmachineguy]

Dave, It seems you have been waiting a while for the firmware? - LOL just poking fun.

This is GREAT stuff you are working on.

[dhouston]

Dave, It seems you have been waiting a while for the firmware?

Not according to Lester. It's been more than a year.

Thanks for the kudos. I think the layout is more or less final. I want to see the XINO board before deciding on the TX, RX & RESET connections. And, the 8 unconnected pins on the EM500 form a GPIO port. Five of those pins (which five awaits the release the long-promised firmware) are used for an SPI link to the GA1000. I'll connect all eight to the GA1000 pads - that way users can just use a perf board with a male header to access the GPIO port when the GA1000 is not used. That keeps it simple and inexpensive.