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I was just looking for alternative approaches.

@mitekg Have you converted you sketch to v 1.4?

@hek Hmm, yeah that would work. It just seems like overkill for a few extra pins (price and size wise). I didn't realize there were 8 analog pins on the APM, those should actually be enough to drive all the things as long as they work OK as digital outputs. I figure the shift register will cause problems because I won't be able to build an 'AccelStepper' object since the input for the constructor is a pin number. I assume I'd have to modify the code if I want to put it through the shift register.

@ServiceXp Well, I am considering a TSO1202 in addition to that one. At some time. Looks at least on visual inspection like good value.

This may have already been answered by have you guys tried another IDE? Something like Atmel + Visual Micro

@Zeph said: card edge connector Now we know the 'official' name! Thanks dude :+1: I think this one should suffice for a ISP connector: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/7-5530843-7/A101966-ND/2310829

@soward Go ahead design those, sell to all arduino dealers and mass produce them. (Notice the order; first sell then produce)

Only 500m? ;-) Search for "nRF24L01 1000m" and you see quite some matches. Is it possible? Yes, using the right antenna's and line of sight it is possible but real world, no way.

@grint how would a compass sensor perform in a lawnmower robot?

@lininger said: but was scared to remove the regulator, without asking first. You can't do any harm with this imho. Unless you pull it off without heating the pads first. @Yveaux Nice idea as well...

FYI: RadioHead library 1.34 has some specific initialization code for RFM73 in the nRF24 driver (e.g. ACTIVATE command). See https://github.com/Yveaux/RadioHead/commit/f895ba933950681234d714fd7c3d3c18658b8ed5

Ok so.... things not to do: Don't short the holes for the capacitor. When I thought about this some more I realize it didn't make any sense to do that. I clipped the short and presto the Nano booted properly, no solid TX RX. So I cleaned the holes and put the capacitor in just for kicks and I think everything is working now. A big thanks to Ross for putting the PCB together it's awesome!

@Yveaux haem no... this is my quest of the gas meter reading... this is the cheap, there is the cheapest, and the expensive (raspi+cam+tesseract)...

@Damme I posted about this before, but ive had fantastic luck getting quality ( Apple/Plantronics/Jabra/LG/Samsung/Nokia/Motorolla) etc powersupplies from the IT department at work. Most of them are rated 5/6/9 or 12volt at 500-2000mA Worth an ask...or if you dont work in a workplace, ask your wife/family/friends to ask at their workplace!

Hi Timg - There is a copy of my heater sketch using the 4relay Rboard. Here: http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/282/heater-device/3 It contains a note about the CE/CS pins ( plugin 1.3) //Sensor gw; Sensor gw(8,9); //Rboard PCB uses different pins for CE/CS - also interupt, but this isnt used at this time. This is a fantastic board which has been working for the past few months with zero issues! I still havent properly boxed it up. I'll await the warmer months to do this.

So it seems paypal also has a 45 day policy to open disputes. I'm pretty sure the seller was just trying to delay until this time.

Sort of does. I'll checkout the library and dig a bit further into the thread.

There are 5V and 3.3v digital sensors as well as analog, so making it selectable would add flexibility. Either with jumpers or by using 4 pin connectors with both voltages.