Interesting New Onion Omega2 Product on Crowd Supply
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Yep!
Our new Omega2 Eval Boards represent a new starting point for working with the Onion Omega2 modules. Designed to lower the friction of working with the Omega2, they’re indispensable for evaluation, early prototyping, and development. They also serve as a template to build your own custom board and can even be used as SBCs for your applications.We’d love for you to give our campaign page a look and consider backing our Omega2 Eval Boards!
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Just the inclusion of the ETH port will save new players a load of headaches when they invariable screw up the firmware
I also like that users can start off with the Omega2+ and as they progress and need access to greater functionality the Omega2S+ version exposes the full set of UART, GPIO and PWM.I anxiously await the version that included PoE
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@crispyoz Your PoE suggestion is interesting! Can you give us a little more detail on why, when, and how PoE is helpful?
This goes for all users!
Who knows? Maybe we make a variant with onboard PoE
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Nice! This can indeed save some dev time!
@Lazar-Demin : I'm for PoE as well. Lot's of my applications need connectivity without having power availability. It's much easier to install a simple RJ45 cable than a new wall socket...@crispyoz : I have a PoE board (with a bunch of other features you probably do not need: RTCC, Touch screen interface, RFID reader etc...), don't hesitate to get in touch if you're interested. Other features can be stripped away.
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@MK thanks, yes I saw your time clock gizmo, nice piece of kit. Congratulations.
@Lazar-Demin The reason why I think a PoE version would be useful is as @MK mentioned, getting power to devices is often a pain, I think especially in a development of IoT devices I want to test devices in various locations and honestly I prefer to cable my stuff for reliability as WiFi is not often reliable in some locations. Especially when I'm fixing things to walls or up in the ceiling of a building where cables, metal and fluorescent lights may be found. Getting an ethernet cable to some of these locations can be a challenge, but getting power there as well can get really complicated and expensive.
I also think a solid reference implementation for use with Omega2S+ would be a bonus, or even better with the Omega3S+
