Hardware Design Guides

Imp Topics

• Imp Network State Diagram — Learn how the imp manages its WiFi connection
• Debugging Disconnected Applications — Test your hardware away from WiFi
• How To Design And Tune Your BlinkUp Circuit — Construct And Optimize Your Connected Product’s BlinkUp Setup

Cellular

• Working With The impC001 — Kickstart your cellular connected product design
• imp Module NVRAM Image Guide — How to modify your product’s WiFi chip configuration

Analog And Audio

• Designing Analog Hardware — Designing Analog Hardware to Avoid Noise
  • Audio Waveforms And The imp — Use Samplers and Fixed-Frequency DACs
  • Working With Audio On The imp004m — How to record and play digital sound, locally or via the Internet

Power

• Designing Battery Powered Applications — Create and optimize your product for the best battery life
  • Lithium Battery Guide — How to select the right rechargeable batteries

Bluetooth

• How To Use Bluetooth With The imp004m
• How To Use Bluetooth With The imp006

USB

• USB Driver Development Guide — How To Create New USB Drivers
• USB Application Development Guide — How To Integrate USB Drivers Into Your Code

Adding Hardware To Imp-enabled Devices

• Using Grove System Components — Easily add peripherals to the impC001 Breakout Board and impExplorer Kits
• Using NeoPixels — Add programmable RGB LEDs to your device
• Using Characters LCDs — Add text-centric display modules to your device
• Using Segment And Matrix LEDs — Add numeric and graphic readouts to your device

Peripheral Bus Guides

• Understanding USB Errors — How to debug USB issues
• Understanding I²C Errors — Understand imp API I²C read/write error codes
• Implementing 1-Wire® Buses In imp-enabled Devices — Hook up very-low-power sensors

Buses Explained

• I²C Explained — Utilize the popular device-to-device bus in your imp project
• SPI Explained — Connect to hardware using the serial peripherals bus
• UART Explained — Support the standard serial bus in your imp project

Basic Hardware Examples

• Basic Hardware Examples — Beginner-oriented guidance on performing basic hardware interaction with an imp.
• Experiment With impOS’ Pin-triggered Pulse Generator — How To Use imp Pins To Control Other Pins