making connections to an ARMmite

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> My son and I continue down the design and prototype road.
>
> Thanks so very much to everyone that assisted with our sensor
questions. Externalize the sensors from the combustion chamber
indeed!
>
> We have a new question:
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> What is the best way to bridge the connections on the ARMmite
Single Board Computer to a bread board:
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... cts_id=112
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> I am a expert with a soldering iron, so if that is what needs to be
done, I am OK with that.
>
> ARMmite here:
> http://www.coridium.us/ARMhelp/index.ht ... ePins.html
>
> Thanks again!
>
> - Bill
>
Hey Bill.....
I have the ARMmite evaluation board with a small prototype area. I
soldered one set of 17 0.1" spaced pins (pointing down) in the
prototype area to pick up IO0 through IO15 and ground. Those will
plug directly into your breadboard. I soldered another 8 pins
pointing upward to make available AD0 through AD7. I plug an 8-wire
jumper cable onto those and take them to the proto board.

FYI, I bought a nice Vector prototyping board laid out for IC sockets
with battery and ground distribution. It's about 4 x 7" and has
standard 0.1" hole spacing. I installed a header with 17 0.1" spaced
sockets onto it and can now just plug my ARMmite eval board onto the
larger prototype board using my pins. Voila, my connections are made.
Also stole the raw 9-12 volt and ground from the power socket on the
ARMmite board and brought it to the prototype board through a two
wires and a connector that plugs onto two pins on the proto board.
Then I built a little 5V regulator on the proto board which provides
all my 5V power to run things like an LCD, a VDRIVE or a GPS module.
I just put connectors on the protoboard for each of these devices and
the wire them to the protoboard connectors which are plugged into the
ARMmite. It's really a pretty cool and flexible setup.
John

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I am planning an electronics lab where I need to interface ARMmites
to Global Specialties protoboards. This is what I am doing:
Soldering a 34-pin (2 rows by 17 pins) header to get IO(0)-IO(15), AD
(0)-AD(7), and 2 grounds (above IO(15) on the ARMmite). Then I have
a 34 conductor ribbon cable with a 34 connection header socket (like
a floppy drive plug) on one end. The other end goes to a 20-pin and
a 14-pin DIP connector which plug into the protoboard. If you don't
like the extra 8 connections you can clip the appropriate pins on the
DIP connector. All parts are available through electronics parts
suppliers.

Adam