The Fubarino® Mini is a prototyping-friendly platform for developing Arduino compatible 32-bit applications. Compact size (5.1 cm x 1.9 cm) and low cost allow the Mini to fit almost anywhere. (It’s actually much smaller than a stick of gum!) Includes a USB bootloader that works with the chipKIT/MPIDE platform. Connect directly to your application using solder pads, or add the male expansion headers and plug into a breadboard.
Before you can compile and upload a sketch to the Fubarino Mini, you must put it into programming mode. This is very simple - simply press and hold the PRG button while you press and release the RESET button. Then release the PRG button. If programming mode was successfully entered, the green LED will rapidly blink. You can then click the Upload button (right pointing arrow) in MPIDE and if your code compiles properly, it will be uploaded.
Note that the serial port that MPIDE uses to upload new code to the Fubarino Mini board does not exist until you put the board into programming mode. So it will not show up in the Tools->Serial Port menu until you put it into programming mode.
Additional Information:
The Fubarino Mini is small 33 pin Arduino API compatible board with a difference. The PIC32MX250 part used on Fubarino Mini has a Peripheral Pin Select function for almost all of its I/O pins. When writing sketches for the Fubarino Mini, you must remember to connect an internal peripheral (like SPI or UART) to a particular set of I/O pins using the PPS functions (ppsInputSelect() and ppsOutputSelect()) before trying to use the peripheral. See the example code for more detailed information.
For additional information including Eagle project files, visit Fubarino.org and Schmalz Haus LLC
For technical support on any chipKIT-compatible board such as the Fubarino Mini, visit chipKIT.org/forum
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