Calliope Mini Development Board

SKU: DFR0840 Brand: DFRobot

Willkommen, Calliope Mini! Developed in Germany for students in primary school and up, this heavenly star-shaped development board is a souped-up derivative of the...

$111.90 AUD, inc GST

$101.73 AUD, exc GST

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Introduction

Willkommen, Calliope Mini! Developed in Germany for students in primary school and up, this heavenly star-shaped development board is a souped-up derivative of the micro: bit.

The main chip on the Calliope is the same nRF51822 as the micro: bit so for many purposes, it can be programmed the same way. There are some big upgrades though!

Things that are the same as the micro: bit

Nordic nRF51822 Multi-protocol Bluetooth® 4.0 low energy / 2.4GHz RF SoC
32-bit ARM Cortex M0 processor (16MHz)
16kB RAM
256kB Flash
Bluetooth low energy
5x5 LED matrix display
USB Micro B connection (programming and power supply)
JST battery connector (3.3V)
2 programmable buttons
PWM outputs
NXP KL26z (USB UART and programming interface chip)
Serial interface (USB + configurable ports)
4 analog inputs
8-11 Input / Output Connections (depending on software configuration)
SPI + I2C

Things that are new or different:

Instead of edge-connect pads on the bottom of the board, like the micro: bit, Calliope Mini's has a circular star design, with alligator pads on 6 corners for easy connection.
Full 9 degrees of freedom IMU with Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer (Bosch BMX055) - the micro: bit has only accelerometer and magenetometer, and they are different/separate chips.
MEMS Microphone for audio input
DC Motor Driver (TI DRV8837) to drive a single DC motor or solenoid
Piezo Speaker
RGB LED (WS2812B NeoPixel)
2 x Grove connectors (I2C + serial / analog)

Specification

Nordic nRF51822 Multi-protocol Bluetooth® 4.0 low energy / 2.4GHz RF SoC
32-bit ARM Cortex M0 processor (16MHz)
16kB RAM
256kB Flash
Bluetooth low energy
Operating/Supply Voltage: 3.3V

Documents

Parts List

Calliope mini x1
USB cable x1
Battery holder x1
AAA alkaline batteries x2
Booklet German / English) x1
Elastic band x1
Sticker x1

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