I am thinking of using these, or similar type boards such as Arduino, as the main controller in a control systems product I design/sell. My current HW solution/source has become very unreliable, so I are looking at other solutions, but do such a low quantity of sales that custom designing a new HW platform from scratch is not an a realistic option. My idea is to use this board, along with another board that has all the I/O required stuff such as power supplies, Opto inputs, output drive relays, I/O connectors, and multiple RS232/422/485 serial port driver chips.
1) Is there an official road map for this board that would identify how long it will be available and supported?
2) Do the Eagle files available allow me to go get the boards manufactured myself like I can in the Arduino world?
3) If I decide to get custom boards done based on the Eagle files, will I still be able to interface to it in the same way with the same tools as the original board. ie. will the micro controller be the same with respect to the boot loader and debug support stuff?
Thanks for any and all feedback.
