GHI Electronics Fez Cerberus Mainboard

FEZ Cerberus Mainboard is a $29.95, 100% open source hardware .NET Gadgeteer-compatible mainboard with 168Mhz 32bit Cortex M4 processor with floating point, 1MB FLASH and 192KB RAM.

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Fez Cerberus Mainboard
Fez Cerberus Mainboard

Product Description

Please Note: Fez Cerberus hardware is available but Gadgeteer-compatible software is still under development.

FEZ Cerberus Mainboard is a 100% open source hardware .NET Gadgeteer-compatible mainboard with 168Mhz 32bit Cortex M4 processor with floating point, 1MB FLASH and 192KB RAM. This tiny mainboard has plenty of peripherals exposed on 8 sockets. A perfect match for robotics, quadcopters and cloud-sensor-monitoring. The 112KBytes of heap memory offers plenty of memory needed for about any network or internet connected application.

 

Key Features:

  • 8 .NET Gadgeteer compatible sockets that include these types: X, Y, A, C, D, F, H, I, K, O, P, S, U and Z.
  • Configurable on-board LED.
  • Software/Hardware features includes but not limited to:
    • .NET Micro Framework 4.2 (supporting C# and Visual Basic)
    • 168Mhz 32bit processor with floating point
    • 1MB FLASH, over 300K for user's code
    • 192KB RAM, 112KB for user's heap
    • Full TCP/IP Stack with HTTP, TCP, UDP, DHCP
    • Ethernet support with Ethernet ENC28 module.
    • USB host
    • USB Device
    • SPI
    • I2C
    • 2 UART
    • CAN
    • 9 Analog Inputs.
    • 2 Analog Output
    • 4-bit SD/MMC Memory card interface
    • 6 PWM
    • OneWire interface
    • Built-in Real Time Clock (Needs 32Khz crystal)
    • RLPLite allowing users to load native code (C/Assembly) for real-time requirements.
    • FAT File System
  • Dimensions: W 2.25" x L 1.85"

Power

  • Requires .NET Gadgeteer standard red power modules.
  • Active power consumption TBA
  • Idle power consumption TBA

Environmental:

  • Operating temperature: -20 to 70°C
  • RoHS compliant /Lead-free compliant

For more information about .NET Gadgeteer visit:
../../gadgeteer/

Ethernet support is available through Ethernet ENC28 Module. WiFi support is available through XBee Module.

FEZ Cerberus software is in still development. Before placing an order, please see this page for software status and contributions.

Design sources and porting info are found on this page.

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