Maxim's toy multimeter development board can be given to children to play with

littleshrimp

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The Maxim MAXNANOPWRBD evaluation kit creates a simple digital multimeter application example that runs on a single 1.5V alkaline coin cell battery. The evaluation kit combines Maxim's Nanopower technology with the ultra-low-power, low-pin-count MAX32660 Arm Cortex-M4 processor with FPU to create this example. The kit is pre-programmed with the multimeter example firmware. The board can be powered by simply using a 1.5V coin cell battery or an external 1.5V voltage. SW1 can be used to cycle between three operating modes: voltage measurement, current measurement, and frequency measurement.

Key Features

• Ultra-Low Power MAX32660 Arm Cortex M4F
• MAX11615 Low Power 8-Channel 12-Bit ADC
• MAX40007 Nanopower Op-Amp
• MAX9119 Nanopower Comparator
• MAX9634 Current Sense Amplifier
• MAX17222 Boost Convertor
• PCB mounted Coin Cell Power Source

https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/products/microcontrollers/MAXNANOPWRBD.html/tb_tab0

dcexpert

It looks good, but the resources of Maxim are a bit limited and the price is a bit expensive.

littleshrimp

dcexpert posted on 2019-11-20 17:08 It looks good, but the resources of Maxim are a bit limited and the price is a bit expensive.

Yes, $55 is not cheap. Wouldn’t it be much easier to develop the MAX32660 microcontroller if it could be developed using python or mbed?

dcexpert

littleshrimp posted on 2019-11-20 17:23 Yes, $55 is not cheap. If the MAX32660 microcontroller can be developed with python or mbed, wouldn’t it be much simpler?

mbed supports MAX32600-MAX32630, but there are few examples and information. When the community held a MAX32630FTHR event, it still lacked a driver. It would be great if it could support Python, but I don't know if Maxim will port it.

btty038

It's really expensive, 55 dollars

led2015

Today's children can afford high-end entertainment, but there is nothing we can do about left-behind children, as their education is not up to par.

dcexpert

Let children play MakeCode game programming, support a variety of hardware, and even DIY

https://arcade.makecode.com/

hujj

You can buy a decent digital multimeter for $55.

littleshrimp

hujj posted on 2019-11-21 20:10 You can buy a good digital multimeter for $55.

This one can be programmed and should be more suitable for children than a real multimeter