{"id":1614,"date":"2010-10-07T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T01:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2010-10-08T01:59:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T07:59:03","slug":"new-electronic-brick-idea-survived-some-intense-brainstorming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/07\/new-electronic-brick-idea-survived-some-intense-brainstorming\/","title":{"rendered":"New [electronic brick] idea survived some intense brainstorming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, we are not comfortable with current electronic bricks,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It shall Not need 5 different types of cables<\/li>\n<li>It shall Not have such a huge connector<\/li>\n<li>It shall have unified form factor<\/li>\n<li>It shall be able combining with other not only by cables<\/li>\n<li>It shall be well designed in customers&#8217; view<\/li>\n<li>It demands rich documentation and tutorial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, it is time to change.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you guys for the<a style=\"color: #0071bb; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/betterhopefully-connector-for-electronic-bricks-needs-inputs\/\"> inputs on new connector<\/a>, we finally\u00a0abandoned\u00a03.5mm Audio Jack way, they could only be found in the coming beta OLED modules. And, here is the new idea:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Grove.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1634\" title=\"Grove\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Grove.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Grove.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Grove-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Grove-150x136.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">The new system is consisted of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stem <\/span>and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">twig.<\/span> Stems are interface board\/shields to enable different platform (starting from Arduino of course) to be able to use\u00a0different\u00a0modules. Twigs are the modules (previously bricks) illustrated above. You may find unified naming like these:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Stem &#8211; Basic Shield v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Stem &#8211; Mega Shield v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Stem &#8211; Frame Extension v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Stem &#8211; BEE Wing v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Twig &#8211; 16*2 Uart LCD v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Twig &#8211; Gas Sensing v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Twig &#8211; Accelerometer v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Twig &#8211; I2C 3-axis Gyro v0.9b<\/li>\n<li>Twig &#8211; Photo Sensing v0.9b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new design is under validation, and you will see the starter&#8217;s bundle probably within this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HELP NEEDED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Suggestions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Complaints<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wish.seeedstudio.com\/\">WISH <\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for your most wanted twig or stem&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A LOGO? Also some illustration arts later&#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Thanks! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, we are not comfortable with current electronic bricks, It shall Not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,106,139,75,27,12,141],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-arduino","tag-electronic-bricks","tag-grove","tag-open-source-hardware","tag-prototyping","tag-seeeduino","tag-stem"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New [electronic brick] idea survived some intense brainstorming! 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