brtaylor
Well-known member
Hi all,
I'm excited to announce that my startup is launching a new product line, Teensy Backpacks! Arduino has shields, Feather has wings, Raspberry Pi has hats, BeagleBone Black has capes, and now Teensy has backpacks! I love the Teensy and use it extensively at Bolder Flight Systems, the University of Minnesota, and for my own hobby projects. My goal was to create a line of stackable add-on boards, while carefully designing them to integrate well with each other so the boards could be mixed and matched to meet your project requirements. We're initially using the Teensy 3.2 footprint and launching the line with 10 different boards that are perfect for robotics and drones. A detailed spec list for each board is below. Boards are open for pre-sale now and we're offering a 15% discount through the end of September with the first board deliveries expected in mid-November.
You can view our Teensy Backpacks Pinout Page to see how the backpacks stack together. We're planning on adding wifi, BTLE, 900 MHz and 433 MHz radio, and lipo charging backpacks after this initial launch. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions on either these backpacks or future backpacks that you would like to see. Also, I'm looking for a few people that would be interested in testing prototypes and providing feedback on our Teensy Backpacks, PM me if you're interested and have the time.
Thanks!
Brian
Backpack Frame
Available in Solo and Double variants, the Teensy Backpack Frame allows you to easily mount your teensy and provide external power. Both variants have four 2-56 mounting holes and a screw terminal for accepting 16-28 AWG wire. The Double variant stacks two teensy footprints side-by-side, enabling you to use more backpacks with a lower stack height. Both frames have the option of adding power regulation, enabling you to use +6.5V to +36V input; perfect for powering your project directly from a 2S to 6S lipo battery.
Motion Backpack
Integrating an MPU-9250 inertial measurement unit and a BME-280 environmental sensor, this backpack enables you to easily measure your project's motion and altitude. You'll get 3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyro, and 3 axis magnetometer data along with pressure, temperature and humidity. Both sensors communicate over I2C, have integrated pullups, and you can select the I2C address for each sensor.
GNSS Backpack
Adds the uBlox SAM-M8Q multi-constellation GNSS receiver to your Teensy! The GNSS receiver features serial and I2C communication, a pulse-per-second (PPS) signal and LED, a CR1216 battery holder for extremely fast cold-starts, and can be mounted directly to the Teensy or detached to remotely mount the antenna with four 2-56 mounting holes.
ADC Backpack
Integrates two ADS1115 analog to digital converters for 8 channels of 16 bit analog input. Analog inputs are pinned at a 0.1” (2.54 mm) spacing along with power and ground for easy potentiometer integration.
PWM Backpack
Actuate your project with up to 8 PWM signals from Teensy with the PWM backpack! All channels are pinned for standard servo connectors. Power and ground are bused so you can use an ESC or BEC on one of the channels to provide servo voltage. Optionally, one of the signals can be used for SBUS input to receive input from any SBUS capable receiver.
SBUS Backpack
Same as the PWM backpack, but with 8 SBUS outputs with the option of using one of the output channels for SBUS input to receive input from any SBUS capable receiver.
CAN Backpack
Add CAN communication to your project with the CAN backpack! This backpack integrates the MCP2562 CAN transceiver with six 0.1” (2.54 mm) connectors including +5V power, signal, and GND.
RS-485 Backpack
Add RS-485 communication to your project with the RS-485 backpack! This backpack integrates the MAX485 RS-485 transceiver with six 0.1” (2.54 mm) connectors including +5V power, signal, and GND.
Flash Backpack
Add 128 MBytes of flash storage with the Flash backpack! This backpack integrates two Cypress S25FL512S flash memory IC’s. Perfect for high speed data logging and works with the Teensy SerialFlash library.
SD Backpack
Add a micro SD card with the SD backpack! This backpack integrates a micro SD card, power regulation, and level shifters to meet all your data logging needs.
I'm excited to announce that my startup is launching a new product line, Teensy Backpacks! Arduino has shields, Feather has wings, Raspberry Pi has hats, BeagleBone Black has capes, and now Teensy has backpacks! I love the Teensy and use it extensively at Bolder Flight Systems, the University of Minnesota, and for my own hobby projects. My goal was to create a line of stackable add-on boards, while carefully designing them to integrate well with each other so the boards could be mixed and matched to meet your project requirements. We're initially using the Teensy 3.2 footprint and launching the line with 10 different boards that are perfect for robotics and drones. A detailed spec list for each board is below. Boards are open for pre-sale now and we're offering a 15% discount through the end of September with the first board deliveries expected in mid-November.
You can view our Teensy Backpacks Pinout Page to see how the backpacks stack together. We're planning on adding wifi, BTLE, 900 MHz and 433 MHz radio, and lipo charging backpacks after this initial launch. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions on either these backpacks or future backpacks that you would like to see. Also, I'm looking for a few people that would be interested in testing prototypes and providing feedback on our Teensy Backpacks, PM me if you're interested and have the time.
Thanks!
Brian
Backpack Frame
Available in Solo and Double variants, the Teensy Backpack Frame allows you to easily mount your teensy and provide external power. Both variants have four 2-56 mounting holes and a screw terminal for accepting 16-28 AWG wire. The Double variant stacks two teensy footprints side-by-side, enabling you to use more backpacks with a lower stack height. Both frames have the option of adding power regulation, enabling you to use +6.5V to +36V input; perfect for powering your project directly from a 2S to 6S lipo battery.
Motion Backpack
Integrating an MPU-9250 inertial measurement unit and a BME-280 environmental sensor, this backpack enables you to easily measure your project's motion and altitude. You'll get 3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyro, and 3 axis magnetometer data along with pressure, temperature and humidity. Both sensors communicate over I2C, have integrated pullups, and you can select the I2C address for each sensor.
GNSS Backpack
Adds the uBlox SAM-M8Q multi-constellation GNSS receiver to your Teensy! The GNSS receiver features serial and I2C communication, a pulse-per-second (PPS) signal and LED, a CR1216 battery holder for extremely fast cold-starts, and can be mounted directly to the Teensy or detached to remotely mount the antenna with four 2-56 mounting holes.
ADC Backpack
Integrates two ADS1115 analog to digital converters for 8 channels of 16 bit analog input. Analog inputs are pinned at a 0.1” (2.54 mm) spacing along with power and ground for easy potentiometer integration.
PWM Backpack
Actuate your project with up to 8 PWM signals from Teensy with the PWM backpack! All channels are pinned for standard servo connectors. Power and ground are bused so you can use an ESC or BEC on one of the channels to provide servo voltage. Optionally, one of the signals can be used for SBUS input to receive input from any SBUS capable receiver.
SBUS Backpack
Same as the PWM backpack, but with 8 SBUS outputs with the option of using one of the output channels for SBUS input to receive input from any SBUS capable receiver.
CAN Backpack
Add CAN communication to your project with the CAN backpack! This backpack integrates the MCP2562 CAN transceiver with six 0.1” (2.54 mm) connectors including +5V power, signal, and GND.
RS-485 Backpack
Add RS-485 communication to your project with the RS-485 backpack! This backpack integrates the MAX485 RS-485 transceiver with six 0.1” (2.54 mm) connectors including +5V power, signal, and GND.
Flash Backpack
Add 128 MBytes of flash storage with the Flash backpack! This backpack integrates two Cypress S25FL512S flash memory IC’s. Perfect for high speed data logging and works with the Teensy SerialFlash library.
SD Backpack
Add a micro SD card with the SD backpack! This backpack integrates a micro SD card, power regulation, and level shifters to meet all your data logging needs.