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Happy New Year! 2011 was a good year for Schmartboard.

Happy New Year! 2011 was a good year for Schmartboard.

• We introduced our SMT to DIP line and it quickly became our most popular line of products. For the first time you can use small pitched SOIC, QFP, DFN and QFN devices on a breadboard.

• We worked with GreenArrays to design a board that was compatible with their popular GA144 IC.

• SchmartBoard signed a number of new distributors. They include A3 in the Czech Republic, and Robot R Us in Singapore.

• The number of Schmartboard online sales have increased by almost 50%

In 2012 we have a number of goals. Included are:

• Add more SMT to DIP adapters to our line

• Release a new version of BGA SchmartBoards • Announce new partnerships for development boards with major IC companies

• Add value to the user experience.

• Add distribution channels which allow easier access to Schmartboard products.

Happy New Year.  We look forward to serving you in 2012!

SchmartBoard Project Archive-pinball!!

We have found a great project, posted a year ago. It is an LED display for a pinball machine, which uses our Parallax Propeller Schmartboard.  

If you know of other great projects which utilize SchmartBoard products, drop us a line.

If You Like the FaceBook Fan of the Week, You'll Love the Fan of the Day!

SchmartBoard has been giving each week, and SMT to DIP adapter.  Starting September 1st, SchmartBoard will give away 1 SMT to DIP adapter everyday to a Facebook fan for the rest of 2011 to introduce this Surface Mount Soldering remedy to the ailing masses.   To be eligible you have to “Like” the Facebook SchmartBoard page. 

Archive: DIY Custom Audio DSP (like miniDSP)

From 24th-Alchamist in Minnesota:

"Built an audio signal processing device that I use in my car."

Features:

• Analog outputs: Four independent WM8524 24-bit stereo DACs (e.g. sub, midbass, midrange, tweets). 2 Vrms ground-centered output (no DC blocking caps).
• Digital Outputs: Four independent optical S/PDIF outputs (CS8406 to TOTX147). (Future plans are to use these instead of analog).
• Inputs:
  • Digital: Two S/PDIF optical -- one from H/U, one direct from CD changer (TORX147 to CS8416 S/PDIF receiver to CS8421 ASRC).
  • Analog: one "AUX" analog input (e.g. for handheld device) using CS5351.
  • Optional: a third S/PDIF input if needed in the future.
• Power: "12 volt" from car with remote turn-on/off.
• Control: Digital volume up/down and digital source select. (Possibly more in the future if needed).
• ADAU1442 Computing Highlights:
  • 3584 instructions per sample at 48 kHz.
  • 56-bit processing.
  • 8k data RAM (up to 170 ms delay at 48 kHz).
  • IIR and FIR filters, EQ and more; easy implementation with GUI software (see below).
• ADAU1442 Usability:
  • Self-boot from EEPROM (no microcontroller required).
  • Analog Devices SigmaStudio drag-n-drop graphical user interface is so nice to use.
  • Analog sampled a ADAU1401 evaluation board which allows for real-time EQ and A/B testing with a laptop.

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Can Never Have Too Many Friends.....Especially Now!

SchmartBoard will soon release a development board for PIC processors.

In celebration of this new board, SchmartBoard will give away 1 or 2 per month for the remaining months of 2009. One will go to the winner, and another to a friend, who must have also registered to win. Registering once will be enough for the length of the contest, but getting friends to register with your name, as "the friend", will increase your chances.

Will your friend be your dad, your drinking buddy, a teacher you want to bribe for an "A" or your dear aunt Martha who never forgot your birthday(although, the sweaters she kniited for you have never actually been worn)?

Decisions, decsions

Be a Cartoon!

  I came across a very cool website, www.befunky.com

In 5 minutes I was able to create this cartoon of me.

This has positively nothing to do with SchmartBoard or electronics.....but I really like this.  I plan to create some cartoons of friends and surprise them.

Not only does it look like me, but I made myself thinner than reality with a better car.

Hey if the coyote on the roadrunner cartoon can fall of a cliff and get blown up, my cartton can give me a cool car and take off a few pounds!

More electronics stuff to come later.  I hope you enjoy this site!