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Re: MIThril status

From: Edward Keyes <>
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:30:09 -0500

>Where can I get info on the SAK board? Quite interested in this as I
>have a need for a small/cheap data logger using CFC.

Unfortunately, a quick scan of our site shows that this info hasn't
made it up on the web yet.

Basically, the current design is a board maybe 2x3.5 inches in size,
powered by AAA batteries.  It doesn't have to be that big, but that
was convenient for prototyping purposes.  CF slot.  Main CPU is a
40-pin PIC (the 16F877, I think?), with some nice code to access the
CF card in fake IDE mode.

There's a real-time clock, an RF transceiver, and a MIThril bodybus
connector on the main board.  Most of the actual sensors are done on
daughterboards, with both digital and analog inputs routed to the PIC
and logged.

We've primarily been dealing with accelerometers and microphones for
our uses, but the SAK was originally targeted for more medical
applications, so there's an EKG daughterboard for it as well.

We haven't really found any killer apps for it yet, since its main
function is to log data for later analysis rather than provide any
immediate benefit to its bearer.

- Edward Keyes
  

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