It has been more then a year since I took over designing/producing the Wiport boards from David. I am back now and in the process of buying a reflow oven and materials so I can start selling the boards again. I will be making the Version 3 and DIP boards and starting today I will be taking preorders and from now until March 1st, I will be selling the Version 3 board for $29.95. and then DIP for $9.95. After that the prices will go to $14.95 and $34.95.
Features:
* Two serial ports with TTL and RS232 support via an RS232 enable jumper.
* Ethernet Connector with status LED’s.
* Antenna mounting thru-board or optional bracketed mount.
* Reset button.
* Support for right angle pin headers on the RS232 and CAN/I2C ports.
* Standard DC Power connector with 2mm center pin. The center pin is positive. WARNING: DO NOT REVERSE THE POLARITY ON THE POWER INPUT OR YOU MAY DAMAGE YOUR VRM CIRCURTY OR BOARD. THE WIRE WITH THE STRIPE IS POSITIVE AND THE WIRE WITH TEXT IS NEGATIVE.
* Non-obstructed antenna cable exit from WiPort.
* Dimensions are 3" x 2.25" (matches standard Lynxmotion robot mounts).
* 11 General purpose I/O lines with Ground and 3.3v access in pin header.
* USB Connector with exposed 5v USB Power pin.
Note: The Lantronix WiPort has a USB controller, but the firmware does not support it yet. Please contact Lantronix for status of USB development.
* CAN/I2C support. The CAN firmware can be purchased from GridConnect.com and the I2C source code is available here.
This board provides access to all 40 WiPort pins via two 20 pin .1" pitch headers. This allows the WiPort to be mounted on a bread board or 40 pin DIP socket for prototyping. This provides a cheap method for accessing the tiny .1 mm spacing header on the WiPort.
Thank you for your interest and if you have any comments or questions please email me at [email protected]
Great news! I’ve wanted one of these ever since I got my WiPort.
I didn’t even know these were ever going to be sold again.
Email has already been sent.
First off wow… I am a sticky haha. Second for anyone who is looking for CAN/I2C support, here is the link: gridconnect.com/cansw.html. Sorry about the confusing. Also I will be making an announcement here about the new module call the MatchPort and what products I will be carrying for it.
Never mind about the announcement… it seems that I have been out of the loop for so long I don’t know what is new and what is old. It seems that EddieB has been working on an interface board for the MatchPort for a year and a half now and it looks pretty well done. I am going to be talking to him about what other things people would like to see in an interface board and what I can do to help. Thanks again EddieB for the update.
Hey the point was that if you want to spin some of them and make stuff available to people… have at it. I just did it for my own use and put the files out for folks to use if they wanted. The exercise of getting PCBs made, buying all the parts, building the board, and testing stuff is a lot of work for many folks so they’ll never bother. If you think there is enough intrest in the MatchPort product if folks can buy the boards off the shelf I’d say go for it. The boards work… I’m using one on my Scout.
