Another Amicus18-Ethernet approach

[dhouston]

The dimensions of the shield and the location of the main I/O headers matches those of the Arduino shields otherwise the Arduino shields would not fit the AMICUS (mechanically....electrically they might not anyway as we've seen).

Thanks, Henrik.

I had already found the schematic and then I also found a PDF with the shield outline and dimensions. Both are attached to my last response to Bruce in this section along with a link to where I found the dimensioned drawing where there's also a link to an even lower cost Arduino clone for 18 or 28 pin PIC or PICAXE.

The EM500 shield will have minimal connections to the main board - I think 3.3V, GND, RX, TX re all that are needed. (I may find more once I'm fully awake - I was up well past my bedtime last night.) The site I referenced in the other thread mentioned a new 5V version of the chip, also.

[dhouston]

The Arduino clone for both 18 & 28 pin PIC or PICAXE is here and that's also where I saw the mention of the 5V 18F25K22..

[Gevo]

@dhouston

The Ami18 board (full Amicus18 clone) is already running with the PIC18F25K22 (5-volt) part.

http://www.picshop.nl/ami18_board.html

With a DS30 bootloader or a PICkit2 programmer, the board is usable for PBP users. I use up for ten years PBP Pro, so al my firmware is in PBP.

[dhouston]

@gevo

Thanks for the link.

I'm going to order a Xino Basic kit (I usually don't like it when the International airmail postage is nearly as much as the product but will make an exception in this case.). That way I can test any shields I design.

I suspect I can have it assembled long before Tibbo releases the long-promised EM500 firmware that supports the GA1000. And it will only take about a week to get a few boards from CircuitMart or ezPCB as soon as Tibbo confirms the EM500/GA1000 interconnect scheme.

About a year ago they told me they could be assigned in the EM500 program but a lot has changed (except for the EM500 firmware ) since then so I need confirmation before etching any copper.