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Series Nomenclature

► E Series - For Earth based applications 
    where size & ease of programming matter.
► M Series - For Mars/Planetary based 
     applications where our shielding 
     methodology and triple modular redundancy 
     will limit errors. 
► S Series - For free space based applications 
    where RAD hard components are a must. 
    Based off the Xilinx Virtex-5Q FPGA allowing 
    reconfigurable hardware, which serves 
    as its own back-up.

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Key Features

► The Gravity Development Board will be the  
     first space rated open hardware electronic 
     prototyping board, enabling any type of 
     person to create real life space hardware.
►  Uses dense double sided Surface Mount      
     Technology, with hardware that includes; 
     Two Full H-Bridges, 18 GPIO, Eight channel 
     12-bit ADC conversion, Multiplexer, and USB 
     & wireless communication.
► Great driver for Firgelli L16 -P linear actuator. 

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Documents

Open Hardware Circuits

• LEDs Circuit - LINK 
• EEPROM Circuit - LINK
• Full H-Bridges - Coming soon
• ADC Circuit - Coming Soon

E Series - Gravity Development Board (GDB)

Alpha real life hardware

With limited funds and expertise, prototyping a new technology can be a cumbersome and unnecessarily expensive process, especially for undergrad students, hobbyists, and small technology firms. 

The GDB will replace the Arduino Uno® as the preferred high-level prototyping environment. By being upto 40x faster, 70% smaller, having integrated high power drivers (capable of handling 100x the current), with more flexible    Input / Output configurations, and yet is still much easier to program. 

The alpha version was tested in three schools in a wide array of designs; from a Scanning Electron Microscope sampler, a robotic worm, and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. With the flexibility to program the board in four languages (The 12 Blocks GUI, SPIN, C+, or Assembly), you don't have to decide between ease of coding and efficiency. You can have both!

The E Series is the first of a three part series of multifunctional project development boards that will allow for quicker and thus cheaper prototyping. Our proprietary software will control all the open source hardware, creating a high level hardware API. The large and open source object exchange of the Propeller chip also allows for the easy addition of software functions.

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Beta design is being finalized