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The CE Header

posted on November 29, 2016

Overview

The “CE Header” is a generic header that makes any development board or breakout board into an instantly “connected” device. It is a simple abstraction of offerings that most small microcontroller development platforms have, such as the Arduino or the BeagleBoneBlack. In cases where there is not a requisite feature, add-on logic will be added to make it compatible.

Prerequisites

  • You should have understand how to use KiCad. Check out the following courses:
    • Shine On
    • Getting to Blinky
  • Hardware required
    • Soldering equipment
    • Teensy 3.1 or higher

Learning Objectives

  • Create an interface layer for a popular development board
  • Interface to a range of sensors
  • Test common communication protocols like I2C and SPI
  • Understand simple programming examples using the Arduino IDE and the Teensy extension

Access

This is a paid course, available to Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master Members of Contextual Electronics.

Course Content

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Lessons Status
1

An Introduction to the CE Header

2

Building the CE header
  • CE Header Schematic
  • CE Header Footprint

3

Teensy Breakout
  • Teensy Breakout Intro
  • Teensy Breakout Schematic
  • Teensy Breakout Association
  • Teensy Breakout Layout

4

Sensor Board Project
  • Sensor Board Introduction
  • Sensor Board Temp Sensor Symbol
  • Sensor Board Schematic
  • Sensor Board Association
  • Sensor Board Layout

5

Programming the sensor board (via the CE header)
  • Starting Arduino code for the sensor board
  • Serial Shift Out
  • Shift Register Experiments
  • LDR Analog Input
  • I2C Temp Sensor

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