Overview

The "CE Header" is a generic header that makes any development board or breakout board into an instantly "connected" device. It is a simple abstraction of offerings that most small microcontroller development platforms have, such as the Arduino or the BeagleBoneBlack. In cases where there is not a requisite feature, add-on logic will be added to make it compatible.

Prerequisites

• You should have understand how to use KiCad. Check out the following courses:
  • Shine On
  • Getting to Blinky
• Hardware required
  • Soldering equipment
  • Teensy 3.1 or higher

Learning Objectives

• Create an interface layer for a popular development board
• Interface to a range of sensors
• Test common communication protocols like I2C and SPI
• Understand simple programming examples using the Arduino IDE and the Teensy extension

Access

This is a paid course, available to Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master Members of Contextual Electronics.

Lessons

• An Introduction to the CE Header
• Building the CE header
• Teensy Breakout
• Sensor Board Project
• Programming the sensor board (via the CE header)