Nothing from Sparkfun yet, but weekend delivery was not expected- They need time to respond. So the next best thing was to borrow an Arduino off another board and get moving again.
The current project is an optical board with Arduino. Starting with infrared which may not actually be classified as optical, but it will be for this board. Passive Infrared (PIR) coupled with an infrared rangefinder makes sort of a neat human detector (or dog, cat, rats, what-have-you). Currently, the two items operate independently, but the code will be changed to let the PIR drive. If a heat source is sensed, then the rangefinder will be engaged. Perhaps. There are other approaches.
For your viewing pleasure, here is a picture of the board so far. It's a little blurry, but you should be able to get the point.
The PIR is at the bottom right, the IR rangefinder is at the upper right with the cable pinned under the breadboard. The LEDs indicate the power is on for the PIR and it has sensed motion, and power is on for the IR rangefinder and it has not yet been engaged.
More news as it happens.
