The H-Storm Web
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Introduction
H-Storm is a modular system-development approach that targets hobby electronics, robotics, and prototyping. It defines CPU, Peripherial and System-boards and an interconnect to wire them together. It uses powerful 16- or 32-bit processors and provides a much more capable and expandable alternative to SIMM-StickTM, BasicStampTM and other similar solutions.
H-Storm is an open initiative in that the complete documentation of the project is avaiable with a BSD-like license. Many of the module designs are also available free of charge for non-commercial uses.
H-Storm has its roots in the SIMM-Sys project but has many smaller and larger differences and improvements. Nevertheless, modules of the two systems are easy to integrate together.
Project Goals
- Provide a versatile, easy to use modular development environment
- Primary target audience are hobbyists, home robot builders, and small electronic workshops
- Provide significantly higher performance than BasicStamp™, SimmStick™ and similar solutions while keeping the price comparable
- Provide a fast, 16-bit interconnect between the system modules
- Keep the interface simple so that stock semiconductors would be easy to use
- Keep the design simple, straightforward and cheap
- Provide an upgrade path to higher performance CPU boards
- Support 16 and 32 bit CPU architectures
- Make system-integration as simple as possible
- Provide reasonable compatibility between the modules of the system
- Make the system completely software-discoverable