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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-Stick^TM, BasicStamp^TM 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