It’s been quite sometime since I’ve lasted posted and I thought I’d let everyone know that Mountain Storm Instruments is still alive and kicking. The reason for the long delay is that I’ve been down in the skunk works designing, building and testing two new systems. The older uCDAQ system is about to get replaced with two new systems. The official launch will be towards the end of March, but I’ll give you a sneak preview of what’s coming.
uCDAQ 1000:
- Xmega micro running at up to 32 MHz
- 2x 2Msps 12b ADC, 8 ch. 1Ksps 24b ADC
- GPS and SIO module ports
- mini-USB FS device connector
- SD card socket
- 52 pin Analog-I/O module socket
- Battery Backed RTC
- Supply voltage 5.5 to 16V at up to 1A
uCDAQ 3000:
- AVR32 UC3A 66 MHz with 32 MB SDRAM
- 2x 16ch. 125Ksps 24b ADC’s
- 10/100 Ethernet interface
- GPS and SIO module ports
- SD card interface
- mini-USB 2.0 FS device/host
- 80 pin Analog-I/O module socket
- Battery backed RTC
- Supply voltage 5.5 to 16V up to 1A
There’s also two new modules for GPS and wireless Ethernet.
Currently the systems are under test and code development.
Both systems will have a free C/C++ IDE development environment from Atmel and be programmable with just a USB cable. The systems will come with two demo applications: networked sensor and data logger. My goal is to lower the costs and effort required to build a sensor system.
It’s been quite a few crazy months of work to get four boards designed and prototyped in a couple of months. I’ve probably lost some sanity pulling 120+ hour work weeks. Don’t ask how, but somehow I got through it.
So look for the official product announcement near the end of March.
John