Phi-2 shield is out! Interactive LCD and keypad all-purpose shield

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Update:
This is a variant, with 20*4 display estate:

This display size will take full advantage of the latest update on phi_prompt library.

I have set up the sales page on www.inmojo.com

http://www.inmojo.com/store/liudr-arduino-and-physics-gadgets/item/phi-2-interactive-arduino-shield-2004/

Video of alarm clock version 4:

After successfully selling all my Phi-1 shields and several revisions I present the Phi-2 shield, more functions and more flexible:

Image:

Short video using interactive library phi_prompt on Phi-2 shield:

List of features:

  • Compatible with UNO, Duemilanove, official Ethernet shield, MEGA and clones
  • Best interactive user interface software to make menus and ask user inputs: phi_prompt, only for phi shields.
  • 16*2 character LCD to display information and interact with users
  • Six buttons for input and interaction
  • 2 RJ45 ports providing up to 16 robust connections to sensors or control devices.
  • A buzzer for alarm or simple tones.
  • A sensor block to test most common sensors, such as thermistors for temperature, resistive pressure sensors, light-dependent resistor for light, Hall Effect magnetic sensors etc.
  • Two LEDs indicators. You are free to choose which arduino pin to drive the LEDs.
  • Real time clock with battery backup keeps the time when Arduino is turned off
  • EEPROM to log data and keep data when Arduino is turned off (24LC256 or 24LC512)
  • Reset button for Arduino
  • All Arduino pins are brought out for maximal flexibility.
  • The I2C bus is brought next to analog pins 4 and 5. UNO uses these pins for I2C while MEGA uses 20 and 21.

Online stores:

inmojo.com
http://www.inmojo.com/store/liudr-arduino-and-physics-gadgets/item/phi-2-interactive-shield-for-arduino/

I will be personally mailing orders sold at inmojo.com while dipmicro.com is my main distributor in USA/Canada.

Documentations and sample codes (I'm revising all my Phi-1 shield project codes) are all on my blog:

If you have read better documentations or more project samples for a similar shield, please let me know where I lack.

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Got a coupon from dipmicro :grin:

SPRING10 - all orders above $10 get some shipping discount. Canada and USA get free "Standard" and USA orders get discounted "Priority" shipping (the more you spend, the bigger discount).

Coupon expires May 31, 2011

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Good on you liudr for getting things finished and actually on the market.

Rob

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Thank you Graynomad! It's slow but I'm happy with what I accomplished so far. I'm planning something new too! Will report back!

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I am making a small batch of these shields with 20X4 displays. I will post a link to purchase these shields once I get them from the mail. In case you have not seem my recent development of text-based user interface, here it is. The interface can do so much more if run on a 20X4 display.

http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,62021.0.html

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And here they are:

This display size will take full advantage of the latest update on phi_prompt library.

I have set up the sales page on www.inmojo.com

http://www.inmojo.com/store/liudr-arduino-and-physics-gadgets/item/phi-2-interactive-arduino-shield-2004/