Norduino is the fusion of Arduino with Nordic.
If you have seen Dragon before is like the fusion technique used by Goku:
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.
Nordic is a company leader in the production of radio frequency transmitters in the 2.4 GHz range.
The scope of this project is somehow similar to the Jeenode project: to provide a platform for prototyping and deploying sensor network applications.
The Norduino platform is open source, easy to program via the arduino software and easy to integrate.
The only limit is your imagination.
Why is different from the Jeenode?
This is a very good question. Norduino supports the Jeenode plug system and libraries, however the main difference is the RF module which uses
a highest data rate and different frequency bands.
If you need a network with high sampling rate and thus high data rate choose Norduino!
The power consumption is also an issue here: the atmel avr is not the best power efficient device that’s why I did
a smaller version called the Mini Dsp Node based on a TI MSP430 chip.
I’m also writing an Arduino port for this small node so that you can still use your Arduino software
to program it in the comfort of your chair.
Stay tuneeeeeeeeed.
what’s topology for the radio? true mesh?
Hello Gan,
the NRF24 network layer provides
Host Addressing. Each node has a logical address on the local network.
Message Forwarding. Messages can be sent from one node to any other, and this layer will get them there no matter how many hops it takes.
Ad-hoc Joining. A node can join a network without any changes to any existing nodes.
The layer does not (yet) provide:
Fragmentation/reassembly. Ability to send longer messages and put them all back together before exposing them up to the app.
Power-efficient listening. It would be useful for nodes who are listening to sleep for extended periods of time if they could know that they would miss no traffic.
Dynamic address assignment.
For code and more documentation read here.
This implementatio has been tested with more than 30 nodes, what is your intended application?
The Message Forwarding feature that you talked about above, it is in your Norduino library or maniacbug’s RF24?
I’m looking into doing basic home automation… eg. lights and fans auto ON/OFF based on occupancy and ambient light…
Thanks for your reply.
The forwarding is in the maniacbug’s RF24.
That’s great keep me updated with your project!