fabrication too expensive. coming to Rs.2,400 per piece

So, I got a quote form a PCB designer and assembler. It will be too expensive to get MaxSerial made here. Much more than what it costs to get shipped from Canada.

Meanwhile I have had some success in interfacing a Motorola C168i with an arduino. Trying to figure out some more things. Will post my notes here.

trying to get the Maxserial made

I have been speaking to PCB fabricators here, to get the Maxserial made. The freeduino Maxserial is a native implementation of the RS232 interface for arduino. So it should be much easier to talk to RS232 devices like the GSM modem. Will post updates about the progress I make.

Meanwhile here is a folder with GERBER files I generated for the process: GERBER+

been working on Canopy and MausamChowk

Been grappling with arduino and GSM modems for my MausamChowk project.

A small prototype of my first Canopy will be ready in a few weeks.

At Jamghat, the vegetables have been growing well btw. No pictures yet, sorry. I am in Bangalore and the subzi is in Delhi. Should be back there on the 24th.

finally, a definition

after we have “open” everything in the world, we finally have a definition.

the “open knowledge definition” has an aim “of drawing out a common set of principles which often already exist, explicitly or implicitly, in existing projects or licenses.” something I have been looking forward to for quite a while now. creative commons was just a license, not a philosophy.

LINK: Open Knowledge Definition