RPi based programmer

[rbenamotz]

Hi

I am hoping to get some feedback on some hardware / software project I had been busy with lately.
It's called LEMPA
LEan Mean Programming mAchine

The idea is simple: You know how it is when you want to program some micro controller?
While development, you can just use Arduino or other IDE with dev board connected to the computer. But once dev is mostly done, and you place a standalone controller on a prototype board or actual PCB, now you need to program it and that is a bit of a pain - need to find the right adapter (FTDI or similar), drivers, mess with jumper wires etc.
It is especially a pain when you need to program a lot of copies.
LEMPA helps with his - it's a board that physically connects to Raspberry PI and together with some software and the magic of the cloud, it allows downloading and programming with a single push of a button - no need for computer.
It's all open source etc. Will be happy to get some feedback

https://github.com/rbenamotz/LEMPA

[rstofer]

That's a very nice project.

[T3sl4co1l]

Whoa, how did you do the misaligned chroma in that first pic? That's trippy!

Tim

[rbenamotz]

LOL. The original picture is ok. I guess it's a feature of this forum

[Bud]

LEMPA helps with his - it's a board that physically connects to Raspberry PI and together with some software and the magic of the cloud

Cloud, eh?
That does not induce enthusiasm.

[rbenamotz]

Just to be clear - it is not tied to any specific cloud nor do I have a service of my own that is tied to this solution. It’s just about the capability to download firmware from any URL. Local network will also work.