The company, Spark Devices has a Kickstarter project started to get the ‘Spark Core board to produce. The small moederbordje contains an Arduino chip and a wi-fi chip, which self-made hardware easy of a wireless network connection can provide.
On the Spark Core board, there is a 72MHz ARM Cortex M3 processor and a Texas Instruments CC3000 wi-fi module 802.11 b and g support. The Arduino chip in the Spark Core is a opensourceontwerp that, like other Arduino hardware, easy to program. The Spark Core appeared on Kickstarter was an immediate success; within a day is about 66,000 registered dollar collected. It was therefore the goal of $ 10,000 is amply surpassed. With the help of the moederbordje wants to Spark Devices anyone his own hardware builds, helping to make this cheap in a wireless network.
The Spark Core has a usb connector that enables the microcontroller can be programmed. However, it is also possible to use wi-fi new firmware to install. Using the Spark Cloud allows users of the Spark Core come through any internet connection to access their hardware. The cloud is secured with a ssl encryption, while the hardware aes encryption is provided.
On the Kickstarter page, has Spark Devices already have some examples of home-built hardware with the Spark Core is equipped. The device may, for example, a solar powered video camera of a wireless network connection. Also it can be in combination with some additional hardware to be converted to a fridge magnet that tweets shows. Spark Devices wants the Spark Core in september 2013 to deliver the goods.
