I really do love the USPS. They bring me toys. This time it was a kickstarter reward. I got in on the Microview Kickstarter. And.. finally it arrived. Minus the packing material, and the plastic baggie on the Microview, here's what I got in the mail.
Sparkfun boxes are so pretty. Oh, while we're at it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1516846343/microview-chip-sized-arduino-with-built-in-oled-di Here's the kickstarter link.
How about a closeup of the hardware. They sent me a solderless breadboard, a programmer, and the Microview. The Microview is a completely professional piece. It's Sony level quality.
And the Microview and programmer separate from the programming board. Sparkfun did a really good job on the programmer too. I'll show you the highlights of that in a moment.
That's a classy place to put your logo. I like it. The programmer has every pin marked. And it's got the fancy through headers, so you can plug the Microview into it directly, or plug it into a breadboard.
So, the part I liked best about the programmer is in the upper left hand corner of the board. Instead of just marking "pin 1" as is typical. They put a little drawing, so you can have a visual reference that doesn't need pin reading to get it right. Between "top" and the off center display box, it'll be hard to plug the Microview in the wrong way.
Here's the Microview ready to be programmed. It comes with some really fancy demo software, but that'll have to wait for another post.
I am exceedingly pleased with this thing. I can't wait to do something fun with it.
And if you'd like one of your own. Sparkfun is selling them. Here's the link: http://microview.io
Do you have any plans for this? This thing is really cool. But I cant think of any uses.
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