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General Purpose Controller
There is often a need for a general purpose controller, easy to hack and adapt for simple control tasks.
For example, watering plants and monitoring soil moisture for only a few summer months.
Or a rig to assist with wire handling, such as cutting a large quantity of wire using a pulley with an optical sensor to count wire length.
The General Purpose board was created to have:
- 1.4" color TFT backlight graphics display
- PWM servo outputs (2)
- higher voltage motor outputs (2)
- touch sensor (button) inputs (3)
- switch input connections (3)
- RS-485 to allow for networked control
- easily distributed 12VAC power
- prototyping area for additional components
- support for Teensy's real time clock
This may become a product in the future, since it meets a 'turn-key' need. For now, it's a physical experiment to explore different uses
and a base to explore further development to meet wider needs.
Under the 1.4" display, are the power supply and mosfets for motor control.
The Teensy 3.2 board supports a real time clock. A coin cell socket is mounted on the back of the board to keep time during power off.
If you have a need for a similar platform, feel free to Contact us about your needs.