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Tech Specs

Code Zubi Flyer

Fuze Install Kit

Zubi Flyer Pin Assignments

In The Box

Zubi Flyer Frisbee
Illuminator Printed Circuit Board
Magnet Wand
Instructable Booklet
Happy Face Micro-USB
Diffraction Glasses (2 Pairs)
Battery
Accessory Box

Built-In Features

12 Fun Games
Newbie Zubie, Catch the Light, Hot Potato, Copy Cat, Hand Harmonica, Telephone, Pong, RGB Light Hack, RGB Single Light Hack, Shortcut Hack, Mood Light, Name that Tune
Connect Online
Connect Zubi to a computer to learn coding
Tactile Building
Physically assemble the flyer
Educational Instructable - Learn how Zubi works, or explore fun facts about electrical current flow and different forms of energy
Creatively Explore Light
See light differently with our fun light diffraction glasses, and play with over 16 million hues of color
Digitally Explore Sound
Control 7 octaves of sound with the buzzer
Electronics Exploration
Reed & Button Switches, 7 Octave Piezo Buzzer, Circuits & Circuit Board, Microcontroller, Push Buttons, RGB LEDs, Electrical Current Flow, Forms of Energy
Arduino - Open Source
Our programs are FREE for anyone to use with access to FREE code repositories where you can explore the endless possibilities of coding your Zubi Flyer
Online Learning Portal
Our FUZE website will have a FREE learning portal that will have a minimum of three courses that will walk you through the process of changing code on your flyer

Electronics Parts

PC Board
IC MCU 8BIT 32KB FLASH 44QFN (ATMEGA32U4)
AUDIO PIEZO TRANSDUCER 30V TH
5050 APA102C THREE-COLOR LED SMD
PHOTOCELL 27-60KOHM
SWITCH REED SPST-NO 500MA 140V
TACTILE SWITCH SPST-NO 0.02A 15V
SWITCH PUSHBUTTON SPST 2A 14V

Microcontroller Specs

The Zubi Flyer is the bomb dot com for makers: 5 PWM pins, 12 DIOs as well as hardware serial connections Rx and Tx. Running at 16MHz and 5V. The onboard switch-mode boost regulator is designed to operate on 3 Volts. Power can be supplied from a 3 Volt CR123A battery or from a USB cable that provides regulated +5 Volts DC to the board. Do not run any power exceeding 5 Volts as the regulator cannot handle step-down voltage.

ATmega32U4 running at 5V/16MHz
Supported under Arduino IDE v1.0.1
On-Board micro-USB connector for programming
Rx and Tx Hardware Serial Connections

System Requirements

Real Code
Learn C
Downloads
Zubi Flyer .ZIP Library
Zubi Flyer Drivers (Windows only)
Supported OS
Mac + Windows
PIN Assignments
See PIN Assignments HERE