Windows Embedded Student Challenge: Need Digital I/O, I2C ?

If you're involved in the Windows Embedded Student Challenge you will be using an ICOP eBox reference board in your design - The box is an x86 based device that exposes serial, parallel, VGA, networking, 3xUSB ports, audio in/out - and has a BSP for Windows CE 5.0.

Some of the projects will probably need more than the existing connectivity options, perhaps digital I/O, or I2C bus - Here's a pretty neat solution, a board from OOPic that connects to your reference board over a serial connection and exposes a number of interfaces including I2C, Digital I/O, some switches, LEDs, LCD display connector, and speaker - all for $79!

To get more information about the board visit the OOPic web site - click on Products (middle top of the web page) and then select/click on the OOPic-R link.

- Mike

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 09, 2006
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• Anonymous
  March 09, 2006
  I'm a developer in the WESC.
  
  And we must pay for this USB device,do we?
• Anonymous
  March 09, 2006
  pengjetty, yes you would need to purchase this for your project.
  
  - Mike
• Anonymous
  March 15, 2006
  Another option is the BrainStem at Acroname.  It has the added advantage of providing a CE driver to provide a layer of abstraction between the application and serial command protocol.  
  
  http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/S1-GP-BRD.html