I'm not familiar with Atmel / AVR, but some quick browsing looks like that would provide a C compiler. Does that mean you guys would release a full working controller source code to the public that we could modify as we wish? That could be very cool, and far more accessible than pure assembler.
- Would there be a way to read the temperature and control output of the light based on that, or would the overheating protection be hardware based?
- Any chance of a GPIO (or two) either over the mini/micro-usb that could be broken out with a cable, or as a dedicated, perhaps 3/32" plug? If so, that would really make the programmable nature of this popular, as one could devise third (or first) party accessories that do all kinds of things, like motion triggers, alarm interfaces, macro or high speed photography camera interfacing, etc. If the rear cap unscrewed and the power button worked on GPIO, then it would just be a matter of offering different rear caps with different sorts of triggers, twist on, push, motion detection, sound detection, etc.
A sound detection cap, combined with multi colored LED and programmable response could make these very cool devices for partys/clubs/raves
- Is it going to support "enhanced" USB based 1000ma or 2000ma current ala the iPad? There is documentation online that explains how Apple does the negotiation to see if the host can supply that, based on resistance on some of the pins I think, and I think it's done without breaking the USB standard. But given all the (well designed, and compact) Apple chargers on the market and in peoples hands already, it would be nice.
Hey and while you're at it, maybe the iPhone can dock with it too and then you guys can write a GUI IDE on the iPhone for programming & flashing. Thats not asking too much right????
Just kidding. Sorry to bombard you with questions, but this is interesting.
Rob