Engineer Povilas Dumcius has opened a crowdfunding marketing campaign for his solder-free, modular, plug-and-play {hardware} improvement equipment — previously often known as the Axiometa Genesis Package and now launched because the Axiometa Genesis IoT (Web of Issues) Discovery Lab.
“Genesis IoT Discovery Lab is a modular, Wi-Fi-enabled prototyping system constructed round a standardized AX22 connector,” Dumcius writes of the gadget, developed in partnership with Tomaš Krukovski. “Our ESP32-S3 board gives six Genesis ports that modules plug into instantly. The connection normal may be applied on different microcontroller platforms, making modules appropriate throughout completely different boards.”
“This platform eliminates breadboard wiring for frequent duties like sensor studying, show management, and motor driving,” Dumcius continues of the gadget’s enchantment. “Modules lock securely in place and supply dependable electrical connections. This reduces setup time and prevents connection failure throughout improvement and testing.”
The guts of the Genesis IoT Discovery Lab is the mainboard, which hosts an Espressif ESP32-S3 microcontroller module with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 Low Power (BLE) connectivity — giving it a 240MHz 32-bit Tensilica Xtensa LX7 processor and an on-board 12-bit analog to digital converter (ADC). There’s 2MB of pseudo-static RAM (SRAM) over a quad-SPI bus, plus 8MB of flash storage — and every thing may be powered by way of USB Sort-C or an optionally available 1S lithium-chemistry battery.
The equipment features a vary of AX22 modules for solderless set up, with extra obtainable as an add-on bundle. (📷: Axiometa)
The board additionally contains eight “AX22” blocks, dual-row dual-header connectors designed to be used with compact add-on modules which vary from a 5×5 RGB LED matrix to a MEMS microphone, distance sensor, LCD show, temperature and humidity sensor, and even uncommon boards just like the Site visitors Mild Module and Road Mild Module. Every simply slots into place, requiring no soldering or pre-configuration.
Dumcius is funding the primary manufacturing run on Crowd Provide, priced at $70 for the bottom starter equipment and $49 for an extension equipment of extra superior AX22 modules; he has additionally pledged to make schematics for all modules and the primary board obtainable beneath the strongly reciprocal variant of the CERN Open {Hardware} License 2.0, although on the time of writing schematics have been solely obtainable for the modules.
