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We are currently testing our Sewpads. They come in several generic castellation sizes and some custom to specific Flex Modules. We may be adding them as options to all our Flex Modules on Tindie.

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Our new Light Square RGB LED panel is live on Indiegogo!

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New Hackaday Prize

With the new Hackaday Prize focused on solving problems for the world and humanity, we will be developing and entering demo projects utilizing Flex Modules. If anyone is looking to develop a wearable or utilize sensors in a small space, let us know and we would be happy to work with you.

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We are retiring the 10-axis Flex Module as the new 12axis board replaces and improves on the design. The footprint is similar, yet it provides humidity and temperature sensors for less components.

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Our Qi/USB Charger Flex Module for Lithium Polymers and 4.2V Li-ions. Provides Qi wireless sourced charging with the addition of a Qi coil as well USB if connected to our upcoming USB BiPower OTG Flex Module. The design includes an STC3115 fuel gauge that monitors both voltage and current. Discrete logic defaults allow the charger to operate autonomously, though it can be fully controlled through i2c.

LED indicators report Qi or VBUS input and charging.

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The most recent implementation of the nRF51822 BLE Flex Module is based on the Molex 3dB antenna. It includes 7 analog input/GPIO and 13 GPIO castellation pins, 3 GPIO driving an optional RGB LED, a reset button, and a 32k crystal to reduce power consumption. The circuit is shielded, has separate ground planes, and has a ferric bead filter on VCC.

We are now testing our nRF51822 Bluetooth BLE Flex Module and will be selling them soon on Tindie.

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"Fyber" Monday Sale

Yep, it is cheesy. Get 10% now through December 1st at our Tindie store on all items in stock or backordered with code 101971C.

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First sales

We are getting our first Flex Module sales through Tindie. We will be making the boards as fast as possible. Thanks!

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New store on Tindie for Flex Modules

Fyber Labs has Flex Module prototypes for sale at our new Tindie store. We will be releasing more Flex Modules and demo projects utilizing them.

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More updates on Hackaday

We have been putting up a significant amount of updates on our development progress and process on Hackaday. Please feel free to join up and follow us there to learn how our design is evolving. We are looking for feed back and contributors.

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Flex Modules

Hi, we have opened up development of our Flex Module hardware through Hackaday and GitHub.

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2dB BLE module board populated and under the microscope.

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Module boards

Our first batches of boards from OSHPark have arrived along with their stencils from OSH Stencils.

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More on the modules

I wanted to mention our solution for microcontroller programming. We are utilizing the Tag Connect TC2030 Plug-of-Nails for SWD access. In addition, all of our boards are designed for 3.3V. There will be no 5V protection like most common breakout boards. This allows us to keep the modules very small like our super tiny BMP180 and MPU-9250 module:

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Working on new PCB concepts

We have been working on some new concepts for modular PCBs. We plan to make them reusable for multiple projects.

It is common now to use castellations for module board designs. WiFi, Bluetooth, and other communications modules can be found with them. Since we are trying to release as much as possible as Open Source Hardware (OSH), we want to use the most accessible designs. Castellations let the module be soldered directly on to another board or have a pin soldered into the castellation. We will be releasing castellated module designs for many of our components. The designs will have normal breadboard compatible (2.54mm spacing) castellations. Luckily, OSHPark supports castellations for free while many other low run board makers do not. (Sets of 3 are currently only $2-5 shipped from OSHPark.)

Some of our new wearables will utilize flexible PCB. We will populate them with modules instead of trying to solder small components directly. This should still minimize rigidity, while allowing us more complicated circuits.

We will be publishing Diptrace(or KiCAD) schematics, PCB files, Gerbers, and BOMs, as well as direct order links on OSHPark for the boards.

The release will include our new USB based power supply that allows for high current host detection, so USB devices can draw up to 2A. In addition, we have some specialized modules for both the STM32F401C and the nRF51822. The STM32F401C board will support Espruino. The nRF51822 will have various antenna options as we wanted to keep our options open. This includes a matching balun and 1dB and 2dB antennas from Johanson Technology and a 3db from Molex. We will release additional modules for sensors as well. We will use these in our near alpha form factor designs and encourage others to as well. They will be available on our Github site once the designs are more tested.

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Cindy will be talking at Sakura-Con

Her panels on Japanese fashion will be in 4C-1 April 19th starting at 10am at Sakura-Con. Check the schedule for more info.

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Espruino Development

We have long planned to support Javascript natively in our devices. We feel that it is the best way to reach a broad community from hackers to casual users. This week we have ported Espruino partially to the STM32F401C MCU. We have selected this chip for it's size, price, and Espruino potential. To support it, we had to update the included STM32 SDK of Espruino. The USB configuration still needs work and I believe that a more serious effort to support the newest SDK should be made.

Our repository is available at https://github.com/FyberLabs/Espruino, though I wouldn't recommend it for general use yet. To access the serial terminal, use USART2(PA2/PA3) on the STM32F401C-Discovery.