Well, it’s a few days late, but the version 0.0.7 of the Maple IDE is finally out! This release contains many bugfixes, and brings us much closer to full Arduino compatibility. New features include:
- micros() is implemented.
- External interrupts (attachInterrupt()/detachInterrupt()) are implemented (see the external interrupts reference page for more information).
- Initial ports of the Wire and LiquidCrystal (thanks, AndyScott!) libraries (see the libraries reference page for more information).
- support for
PWM_OPEN_DRAINin pinMode().
- Improved reset on OS X.
- Libmaple support for enabling and disabling the SysTick timer via
systick_disable()andsystick_resume()insystick.h(see Section 4.4 of the STM32F10xx programming manual for more information about SysTick). Paired with SerialUSB.end(), this means you can now use the Maple for timing-critical code (more on this in an upcoming blog post!).
Barring any emergency bugfix releases, this is the last time our IDE release will be a fork of the standard Arduino IDE. Working with the Arduino code was an awesome way for us to get started, but we’re now well along on a fresh rewrite, which will be more stable, flexible, and featureful than our current version. The new version to be released as 0.1.0; expect it to have ports for the last remaining unimplemented Arduino core language functionality.
As always, feedback on the forums is always welcome!
After far too long a wait, Maple is back on sale! You can buy it from us here for the low, low price of $49.99.
We’ve spent the last few months toiling tirelessly to get Maple Rev. 3 out the door, and the day has finally arrived. This release marks drastic redesigns of both the Maple hardware itself, as well as the software toolchain, based on feedback from our first limited run of boards. The most notable updates include our snazzy new low-noise four-layer PCB design, and a new version of a bootloader that should make it easier to get Maple up and running on a wider variety of platforms. We’ve also added support for the in circuit serial programmer, now you can install bootloader updates without any fancy hardware. libmaple has also been completely redesigned and now includes such goodies as hardware SPI and I2C. The IDE has been fully tested on Windows and Linux (32 bit), and in the coming weeks we should be bringing it up to speed on other platforms.
If you have an original board and want the new bootloader, you can get it from our repository. Of course, if you don’t have the necessary JTAG dongle you can send it back to us and well re-flash it for you! Just get it to us and well pay to send it back.
We know you’ve all been waiting for Maple for a really long time, and we can’t express how much we appreciate your continued interest and support for this project. We can’t wait to see what you guys build.
Over coming days and weeks well be showing off some of things we’ve been using Maple’s extra clock cycles for. Perhaps there are even more of these cycles than we originally thought.
Finally I’m pleased to congratulate two members of our team for picking up some sheepskins (degrees) and another who will be going back to school for yet another one.
iperry takes sweet pics:
(uhh d300 obviously, no canon here)
In the middle of October we shipped the Maple components off to Gold Pheonix for assembly. It was an exciting day and we could hardly wait the two weeks to see the finished product. As we tracked our package across the world our excitement turned to panic. The components spent a few stagnant days in customs – I naively called this “customs glitch.” Days turned to weeks, our 15 day turnaround went from a plan to a fantasy to an impossibility. However, I am pleased to copy below the update i posted on the home page:
After a VERY long stint in customs, Gold Pheonix has FINALLY received the components for assembly [sometime between friday afternoon and monday morning]. We expect a one week turn around on this. We had originally allocated 15 days lead time for manufacturing our first run of 100 Maples – due to bureaucratic overhead and some naivete on our part, 15 days proved to be a massive underestimate. However, were are pleased to learn that the first run of Maple’s are currently under the pick and place being assembled!. We offer our sincerest apologies for the delay. To those who have contacted us directly about this issue, thanks for your understanding and support!
A few weeks ago I sent out the inaugural LeafLabs newsletter. For anyone not on our mailing list, here’s a copy of the text:
Hello!
This is the first ever LeafLabs newsletter. We’re going to take the opportunity to sully this historical first with logistics, outlining exactly what we hope these emails will accomplish and what infrastructures we currently have established to help maintain a thriving community.
The Newsletter
In the future we hope this newsletter will contain exciting monthly updates from the actual Leaf Labs– news regarding product releases, software updates, new features on the website etc. We hope also that this newsletter will be a place to highlight cool projects with Leaf boards, developed both in house and by users.
The Infastructure
We begin our tour at the newly launched website, leaflabs.com. You may notice it looks a little sparse, but we’re excited about integrating more features as development progresses. You may want to register on our website; currently registering allows you to sign up for our mailing lists and little else, but in the near future you will be able to preorder boards, participate in forums, sign up to be a beta tester, post projects and a variety of web associated activities. LeafLabs also has a twitter (@leaflabs) and a blog (blogs.leaflabs.com) Finally, if you want to chat about all things Leaf (oh and we know you do), come check out our IRC channel, #leafblowers on irc.freenode.net.
Maple Release
The major update for this incarnation of the Leaf newsletter is the upcoming release of Maple! On October 15th you will be able to pre-order your boards on our website, and on Halloween they will be available via our website and in the future, distributers like Sparkfun.com. Get excited, we know we are.
So concludes your first official correspondence from LeafLabs. Was it as good for you as it was for us?
Until next time,
The LeafLabs Team
As an astute reader may have noticed, the pre-release date for Maple is today!! Order your very own maple here. If you’d like to be added to the newsletter, send us a line at info (at) leaflabs (dot) com or make a request via comments.
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