Particle-C (part-c, in front) stacked to a sensor board (back)

cPart

• 18x30mm Particle including Processor (8051), RAM (4kbyte), Program Flash (32kbyte)
• 868, 914 MHz Band Communication (software selectable channels) or 433, 310 MHz Band
• Field strength measurement (RSSI) and field strength regulation
• Range: 1-30 meters in house
• Fully compatible Particle BUS for all sensor and add-on boards boards (e.g. see picture) including:
  • 4 A/D channels
  • SPI, I2C, serial communication
  • Parallel I/O, Multi-purpose I/O
  • Interrupt lines
• Real-time clock and automatic time syncronization via network protocol (max. deviation 10 us)
• 2 LED output
• 3.3-3.6 V supply voltage
• In circuit programming and debugging
• Fully compatible with all Particle tools (e.g. Analyser etc.)
• Uses Free Compiler (SDCC)

zPart

• 802.15.4/ZigBee compiant communication (see also Microchips ZigBee stack) via Chipcons CC2420 transceiver (2.4GHz) with additional AwareCon (higher layer) stack
• 250 kbit/s data rate, RSSI, software sending signal strength regulation
• Compliant with other Particle communication using AwareCon, compliant with sensor/add on boards through Particle Connector
• Processor: PIC 18F6720 at 20 MHz, Internal Memory: 128kbyte program Flash, 4kbyte RAM, 1kbyte EEPROM
  
• Additional Memory: 512 kbyte FLASH for data (particle file system)
• Interface: 21 pin multi purpose Particle connector with I2C, SPI, serial (625kbit/s), parallel Bus, Analog input lines, Interrupt input lines, Digital I/O lines
• two low power LEDs
• Speaker
• Movement Sensor connected to interrupt for wake-up-on-movement Power-Down modes
• Real Time Clock (RTC)
• power regulation for power in from 0.9 to 3.3 V; batterie types: e.g. AAA, lithium coin, 2xAAA, AA, rechargables ....
• remaining energy measurement
• in circuit programming and debugging with off-the-shelf programmers, over-the-air programming via wireless radio from any Internet connected PC (XBridge or USB-Bridge needed)
• Programmable in C, Other Particle programms are supported, OS and Libararies here
• Board core voltage: 3.3V
• Size 35x21mm without battery, about 35x28mm with 2/3AAA battery
• in circuit rechargable with off-the-shelf rechargeable unit (if rechargable battery is used)
• Industrial temperature range (-40 to +85°C)
• predicted Price : 120 Euro, or 130 Euro including 400mAh NiMH 2/3AAA rechargeable battery soldered on board
• Availablity: Q4 2005

LCB Board with buttons (buttons are under the LCD board)

LCD Add-On

• about 50x70mm
• 4 button input (at the 4 edges)
• 3 lines a 12 characters
• very simple user interface
• can be use togehter with particle, sensor-board or particle and sensor-board

A Blueticle stacked with sensor board

Bluetooth Particle (blueticle)

• 45x50mm
• Bluetooth Master/Slave
• Supports RFCOMM (RS232 emulation over bluetooth) for easy access
• Fully Particle compatible, Tools (e.g. Analyser) can be used
• Particle Sensor Boards can be used (see picture)
• Power regulation for use with batteries >=3.6V
• Uses 3xAAA rechargables for convenient runtime