After a long brake a first picture of the upcoming new Netzer release.

Happy New Year!

The new Release 1.6 is published and now only available for Pro resp. Standard customers anymore. Precondition is a Netzer with installed Bootloader 4. Netzer with bootloader 2 are not longer supported.

New features in those release:

• Capture feature
• Reworked and optimized I2C protocol

You can get the firmware in the new download section.

For easier Netzer discovery a python based GUI tool was developed. It lists all devices with running HTTP service which are published via MDNS. For more informations go to the Getting started section.

A lot of wiki pages were reworked or created.

Here you get the download.

After a short break we have created some new articles or extended some existing. Reasons are some user feedbacks and of course the coming soon Release 1.5:

• Websockets
• Bootloader
• Getting started with Netzer

Because of a non IEEE conform pin assignment of the RJ45 socket of this Fritz boxes Netzer can NOT directly be connected to this boxes.

Solution: An indirect connection via switch or hub works.

The I2C expansion board for Roboternetz and C-Control boards is ready.

Manel Márquez Salas has translated the Netzer firmware release 1.4 string tables into Spanish!

We have got prominent and friendly support and also a new Netzer source.

Since this month Netzer pro licenses are shipped and Netzer with preinstalled base and pro version are sold in the shop.

Please have a look in our shop!

Also we have fixed some bugs in pro and base version as well. You can download the latest base version here. And on the history page you can see what has changed.

The new version brings some improvements in handling and processing speed. Also there are some bug fixes included. See the Release-Notes for more details. The binary can be found here.

The “Pro” version will be available in a few days.

Since last week there is a news group online for discussing problems and suggestions regarding Netzer. More infos you can find here.

The design and bill of materials are finished. Visit the online shop for ordering PCB and assembly kit. First deliveries will take place from 2011-07-10.

Problem with resetting the serial parameters to factory settings fixed. Also a very bad bug was fixed which leads to a completely broken SPI (master and slave) interface. Thanks goes to Cyrille Hasdenteufel for the bug report. Download the update here.

Values to place holder 'x' of the GPIO server were completely misinterpreted. Download the update here. Thanks goes to Norbert Kollek for the bug report.

• Wrong setting in the Netzer oscillator generates completely wrong frequencies at all serial interfaces.
• Problems while obtaining the IP address via DHCP at some DHCP servers.

Download the update here. Thanks goes to Michael Dekker and the ARCHE Systeme GmbH for the bug report.

Here we go to the loading platform.

Most important new feature is the authorization module. Only authorized users can access the Netzer websites. Also there are some bugfixes and small enhancements (see the release notes). The hexfile can be downloaded from here.

Please consider the notes about Access control.

The second charge of the Elektor Netzer were flashed with incorrect firmware. Firmware updates are not possible! Get a solution in the FAQ rubric.

This Release supports the I2C bus. Netzer acts as I2C Master, slave accesses like Read, Write and Write/Read are supported. The clock rates 100 kHz and 400 kHz can be set via the Netzer web interface.

Thanks goes to Fa. Hygrosens Instruments GmbH for the friendly implementation support.

On the hardware pages the ready to use Eagle library for download is available.

The article discusses the base functionality of Netzer. Here is the link to the project: Link

The fundamental functionalities (GPIO, UART, SPI Master, SPI Slave) are completely implemented. Just in time for the Elektor article…