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--- concept [2011/06/20 15:36] – [r0ket] lilafisch
+++ concept [2011/08/02 01:00] (current) – [Motivation] mh
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-==== r0ket ====
+====r0ket====
-r0ket offers the possibility to make cool m0dules, without having the costs for standard parts (controller, display, batteries). For an event you can chose an interesting (and expensive) component for a m0dule and focus workshops, games and experiments on that component.
+r0ket is an electronic name tag and much more.
-For small project you have a nice development board that can be extended with already existing m0dules.
-And you can combine all the m0dules you want, keep using old ones and show those you developed yourself.
-r0ket is based on an cortex m3 ARM processor, a standard in the industry and supported by many free software tools, e.g. gcc, gdb.
-You can't brick it, thanks to the integrated usb bootloader, located in the ROM. That bootloader also makes flashing new software easy.
-The battery has a higher capacity than the usual for badges, r0ket will last even if you play with it a lot!
-r0ket is compatible with the AMD projects, with display and buttons interesting new functions can develop.
-==== history ====
-After seeing lot's of badges for different events (next hope, defcon, troopers 11, eh10, ...), each with its own great functions, the following went through our heads:
-  * It's a pity you can't really wear them again
+  * Proudly display your nick on  [[https://events.ccc.de/camp/2011/wiki/Main_Page|Camp 2011]] and future events
-  * development after the conferences is little/little acknowledged
+  * Have fun with the camp-applications or alternate firmwares
-  * each time you get a hand full of use-once batteries
+  * Use it as foundation for your own microelectronics project
-  * most of the budget goes to standard parts
+  * Provide an interesting component as a [[m0dul]] for your event or workshop and rely on r0ket for the basics like display, CPU, power supply and RF
+  * Rapidly develop for and with diverse hardware by combining extensions designed by the community
-it would be great to have a badge that offers some standard components:
+====Motivation====
-  * rechargeable battery
+After collecting lots of badges from different events (defcon, hope, troopers 11, eh2010, ...), each with it's own great features and applications, the following went through our heads:
-  * display
-  * communication (RF, maybe LEDs)
+  * It's a pity that you usually can't use them again for a different event
-  * no additional components for programming needed (except for standard usb connector)
+  * Development after the event is rare and little acknowledged
-  * connectors for additional badges of different events/purposes that can be combined freely
+  * Usually you end up with heaps of empty batteries
+  * Most of the budget goes to standard parts, reinventing the same basic functionality again and again
+====Features====
+r0ket aims to be a really useful event badge in itself while also providing a solid foundation for future extensions
+  * Based on ARM Cortex M3 32-Bit microcontroller
+  * Unbrickable, no-programmer-needed USB-bootloader
+  * High capacity lithium-polymer battery, rechargeable via USB
+  * 2.4 GHz radio interface (and maybe optical communication, be surprised)
+  * Sockets for extensions ([[m0dul|m0duls]] and hackerbus)
-r0ket is what came out.