Teensy / Bumble Bee hybrid USB dev kit for $5 (USD)

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Teensy / Bumble Bee hybrid USB dev kit

"Not the final product"

The more the merrier I always say, a hardware developer over at maxconsole.net has announced today that he will be developing a cheap alternative to the now famous teensy ++ and AT90USB boards. The hardware designer claims that it will be a hybrid of the teensy board and bumble bee with all of the "junk" striped out of it. The goal is to make it cheap enough so that it can aid in ruining the Chinese pirate markets. At the moment there are no retailers involved and will be manufactured by ps2chiper. ps2chiper also made available the open source files for anyone that would like to make one on there own. Included is an image of what the pcb will look like.

ps2chiper states:

Please do not confuse this with any other projects. This one is probably the best design since it has two led's and is usb upgradeable for future use. We found a better design for our hardware http://fletchtronics.net/bumble-b We will use this design and add two led's then everyone is all set for a 5 dollar solution.

An engineer from the Dingoo team claims that it is possible to use the respective piece of kit, and produce them for around $5 each.

UPDATE: (09/05/10 9:40 PM MST) - updated files to include a switch now.

Quote from ps2chiper:

Here is the updated files to include a reset switch. We can define the led's in the led.h file and I will fiddle with them when the samples are ready.

UPDATE: (09/11/10 3:50 PM MST) - Shipping and review dates.

It looks like we will start shipping them out Wednesday. I was kind enough to send Dangwoot one of the ones I hand soldered. He will review around Tuesday.

Edit: This text line is just a test of a Co-Administrator's ability to edit this post.

Source: maxconsole.net

[sublim.nl]

I contacted this seller on Friday to inquiry about the BumbleB and never got a response... His site claims the V2 would be ready for March, and no updates since after that...

[tonybologna]

We found a better design for our hardware
http://fletchtronics.net/bumble-b
We will use this design and add two led's then everyone is all set for a 5 dollar solution.

Links not working!

[Broomop]

quite funny i find these links theres no way to purchasebut preorders and can purchase ive tried contacting this guy and u get no response. and the date march 2010 its really wierd but would be amazing if he starts selling.

[PuppetMaster]

Links not working!

Really? Seems fine to me, just clicked on it and took me to the site with no prob.

EDIT: My bad, I see what the problem was: now fixed.

[ps2chiper]

This is inaccurate news post. what we did was combine the teensy with the bumble bee and stripped the junk out. Our goal is to sell these cheap enough to ruin the chinese pirates market.

[Dangwoot]

wait so this will work for ps3?
and how would i go about programming it, what hex to use etc etc

just curious cause im a cheapskate

and i dont have a job right now feel like donating one ?
i could do some testing and write up a report ^_^

[ps2chiper]

the at90usb have dfu bootloaders, they will always be upgradeable by usb. It is open source so you are welcome to build one your self if you cant afford it.

[bigmike04]

the at90usb have dfu bootloaders, they will always be upgradeable by usb. It is open source so you are welcome to build one your self if you cant afford it.

So when are you guys planning to sell this device? and will it really be shipped on March, 2010? or is that just a typo?

[Dangwoot]

the at90usb have dfu bootloaders, they will always be upgradeable by usb. It is open source so you are welcome to build one your self if you cant afford it.

and therin lies the problem lol i cant solder for jack, i guess 5 isnt that bad though how much would it be with shipping surely it cant be more than 10$