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Udamonic

378 orders since Mar 10, 2020

9 Reviews

Kuraby, QLD, Australia

johncatsoulis

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Scamp

Scamp

Udamonic

$35.00

Scamp3e

Scamp3e

Udamonic

$45.00

Scamp2e

Scamp2e

Udamonic

$30.00

Protoboard Pack

Protoboard Pack

Udamonic

$20.00

About

Udamonic is a range of embedded computer products created and produced in Australia by John Catsoulis.

John has over 3 decades of experience in embedded hardware and software design. His past industry experience includes mining radars, DSP hardware, industrial and commercial automation, robotics, space science and remote sensing.

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Average Ratings

Product: (4.78)

Documentation: (4.44)

Shipping: (4.67)

Communication: (4.78)

Salvatore | June 19, 2023

Turnkey Forth on MCU development

For Scamp

First off, the customer service from John is second to none. He promptly answers emails and is always willing to help with any questions. The courier destroyed part of my first shipment (they ran it over!) and John shipped out replacements promptly. The Scamp itself is well put together and conceived: A nice layout and high quality components and board. As far as the Scamp itself, I'm new to Forth and development on MCUs. There are a couple of other options such as Mecrisp-Stellaris on RP2040 and FlashForth on Arduino. The difference between those two and the Scamp is that the Scamp is a turnkey development board whereas the other two are not, and adding the most basic functionality to them (such as serial communication) instantly turns them into a breadboard-bound Frankenstein's monster. In the former two cases you will need to install Forth on them yourself, get yourself some sort of serial to TTL converter (not to mention any sort of LEDs for debugging) and do a lot of hunting around to try to cobble together various bits of code in order to be able to implement basic GPIO/UART/I2C/SPI/PWM/etc functionality: all left as the proverbial exercise to the reader and all undocumented. With the Scamp, you have UART, I2C, SPI, and PWN apis right out of the box. Not to mention an extremely useful LED array and temperature sensor both with words defined. The LED array in particular is invaluable for "headless" debugging and operation. Additionally, the Udamonic site contains full documentation. If you're considering doing Forth development on an MCU then look no further!

Mina J | Oct. 23, 2022

The documentation alone is worth the price

For Scamp

As a Forth newbie the learning resources on udamonic.com are invaluable. The website and device create an ecosystem of learning and fun.
Getting the Scamp3 up and running is a breeze. Following the sites instructions on inputting code, then witnessing the LEDs blink and react for the first time gives the programmer a immense feeling of joy and control. This input / output kept me, a novice, coming back for more. I know I've only scratched the surface of what this amazing little computer can do and I am eager and excited to learn more.

Joe | Aug. 18, 2022

Great customer service

For Scamp

On the first Scamp3 board that I received, 2 of the onboard LEDs were not working. I contacted the seller, (John) and he got back with me within 2 hours. He offered to send me a new Scamp3, but I wanted to try and fix it and I failed. I contacted John again and he responded within two hours and immediately shipped me out a new board free of charge. The board is well-made with lots of features and I am very happy with it.
The customer service is phenomenal!!! I would highly recommend this board to anyone and I will definitely be a customer in the future!!!!

Wim | Oct. 27, 2021

I like it. Had to get used to flashforth.

For Scamp

The device arrived as promised. The docs were a little confusing but I managed to connect via /dev/ttyACM0 on linux.
I connected an RTC DS3231 to the I2C channel and got it working. What didn’t work was the temp word. Disasembling it let me think it was looking at the wrong I2C address. Have to check it later.
But a good device. No regret buying it.
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Response from Udamonic | Oct. 27, 2021
Hi, the PCT2075 temperature sensor is optional and needs to be user fitted on the Scamp2. The temp word provides support for this sensor, but unless the sensor is fitted it won't do much. Please refer to the Scamp2 documentation on this for more information.

Phil | Aug. 29, 2021

Scamp2 is awesome!

For Scamp

I received my Scamp on the Thursday and I've spent the entire week playing with the scamp and my wife now hates you (because I didn't mow the lawns as promised). :)

I've been having a ball! - I've never used a PIC before - I've only just started to get into the AVR, after upgrading from Arduino, but had trouble getting FlashForth to work on it. The Scamp just makes it so much easier!

Using FlashForth to prod and poke the registers live while I test things out is amazing. I'm already bit banging an LCD display and am starting to get into timers.

I'm learning the PIC as well as forth on the bare metal!! It's fun and the Scamp makes it so much easier.

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