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New Product Ideas / Plain Double Sided Connector (Extender)

« on: February 15, 2013, 12:38:53 AM »

Just a connector that can be used as a spacer in between two boards. This way tall shields don't have to be pushed up to the top of the stack, they can be in the middle somewhere. And for really really tall shields, two (or more) connectors can be stacked on top of each other.

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New Product Ideas / Re: Stackable CPU boards

« on: October 15, 2012, 11:37:20 AM »

What kind of projects might you use this for? It seems to me that it would be easier to just have a separate stack to handle a different task.

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New Product Ideas / Re: Stackable Ribbon Cable Connectors

« on: October 15, 2012, 02:08:53 AM »

Here is a terrible horrible rendering of what one might look like. Obviously this ribbon doesn't have enough wires for a full connector, this must be the trimmed down I2C version ;-)

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New Product Ideas / Re: Blushless 3 Phase DC electronic speed controller shield

« on: October 09, 2012, 04:57:18 PM »

@WeirdarmsWiggins.
I think your power module is an awesome idea and should probably be its own topic. I was thinking the same thing about being able to remotely mount just the MOSFETs.

Because I want to use the motor controller for large motors, things like scooters, bikes, motorcycles, and cars(?). This would be really easy with different power shields.

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New Product Ideas / Re: Rotary Encoder & Potentiometer

« on: October 09, 2012, 04:31:10 PM »

I like this idea. My first thought was to use it with the ribbon cable so it could be remotely mounted directly on the rotating item, but you're right, this thing is so small it could be mounted anywhere with the TinyDuino, even inside a twist hand grip!

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New Product Ideas / Re: Stackable Ribbon Cable Connectors

« on: October 08, 2012, 01:44:33 AM »

Yeah. You could even have a setup like saddle bags, two stacks connected by a ribbon.

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New Product Ideas / Stackable Ribbon Cable Connectors

« on: September 30, 2012, 11:49:07 PM »

I got this idea while reading baldrik24's reply to the brushless motor controller post, so I'm fine if it isn't considered my idea.

* edit * DaveChambers also has a similar idea in the same post.

A ribbon cable with stackable, mini connectors on both sides. The connectors could have both male and female sides to fit in between two shields if needed. There could also be different sizes of cables offered because I know a 32 wire ribbon cable is pretty unwieldy, or just find a different kind of cable that is more densely packed.

This would allow any tinyshield to be remotely mounted, other shields to still be added to either side, and possibly to connect  a chain of shields together.