Nanode 101

Introduction

Nanode is a low cost sensor node intended for web connectivity applications.

Officially, Nanode stands for Network Applications Node - unofficially it could be described as a Networked Arduino Node.

Nanode shares a lot in common with Arduino, and can be programmed using the Arduino IDE.

Nanode has been cost engineered to under £20 in order to make it attractive to the hobbyist.

Connectivity

Nanode has two separate network connections, firstly an Ethernet connection to access the Internet, and secondly a wired serial bus, which allows several Nanodes to be connected together in a Master/Slave heirarchy using low cost telephone cable.

I/O Capability

Nanode is based on the Arduino and offers a subset of the Arduino I/O.

Up to six uncommitted analogue input channels and up to six digital I/O lines are available.

Analogue inputs can be reconfigured as digital I/O if needed. The remaining Arduino I/O is used internally by the Nanode for running the Ethernet controller, handling the serial bus and USB communications and so cannot be guaranteed to be available for user applications.

Arduino Shields

Nanode accepts Arduino shields, as per the Nokia 3310 display shield shown above. A range of shields in anticipated to cover the essentials of a wide range of applications.

Pachube

Nanode works with Pachube to enable it to communicate with other web applications.