What I/O boards do users want?

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rhamer Senior Member Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 174	Posted: 09:52am 13 Jun 2011       The other thing that I think is important is not to loose sight of what the Maximite was designed to be. There are already hundreds of single board microcontrollers with every conceivable form of I/O on the market. The thing that makes the Maximite different is the simplicity of the Basic language, especially for beginners. Now I am not one to shy away from adding features, but I kind of think Ethernet is the other side of the line, not because I don't like it, but because if I want to start working at that level then MMbasic is not the language to do it. There doesn’t seem to be a point in turning the maximite into something that already exists many times over. If MMbasic is too slow or whatever, then graduate to PIC assembler or C or whatever works for you. I guess I think the sort of functionality the Maximite should be aimed at is the equivalent level to Stamp Basic (Parallax gear for those that may not know it) which includes everything spoken about here except Ethernet. The BS2 version is a very capable language, and with the addition of the Maximite's keyboard, VGA and SDcard, it should be the icing on the cake. Of course as Geoff has elected to make the source code open, people are free to do as they wish, but for me, I wouldn't like to see it try and be all things to all people. Regards Rohan Hamer HAMFIELD Software & Hardware Solutions Makers of the Maximite Expander. http://www.hamfield.com.au