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  • tbowmoT Offline
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    tbowmo
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    #104

    A couple of late night shots, of the progress..

    Getting ready for the first prototype spin of the board

    MysensorsGW-no-radios.png

    MysensorsGW-bottom.png

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    • RJ_MakeR Offline
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      RJ_Make
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      #105

      That right there is a work of art!

      RJ_Make

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      • NeverDieN Offline
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        #106

        You may be interested in this Arduino shield:
        gw.JPG
        http://www.ebay.com/itm/WireLess-Gate-Shield-DIY-Maker-Seeed-BOOOLE-/171713943896?hash=item27faf2d958

        It has both NRF24L01+ and RFM69HW radios.

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        • 5546dug5 Offline
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          @tbowmo this gw is looking good, hope the prototypes get to you soon!

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          • tbowmoT Offline
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            #108

            The first pcb's have arrived today.

            They came a bit faster from dirtypcbs.com, than I had expected. So haven't even sourced the components yet.

            So need to look into that the next couple of days.

            front.jpg

            back.jpg

            with W5100 / NRF module "mounted" :
            mockup.jpg

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            • tbowmoT tbowmo

              The first pcb's have arrived today.

              They came a bit faster from dirtypcbs.com, than I had expected. So haven't even sourced the components yet.

              So need to look into that the next couple of days.

              front.jpg

              back.jpg

              with W5100 / NRF module "mounted" :
              mockup.jpg

              RJ_MakeR Offline
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              RJ_Make
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              @tbowmo No mounting holes?

              RJ_Make

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              • tbowmoT Offline
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                @ServiceXp

                As we need to bring things to life on a new MCU core (Cortex M0), I decided to just make a "simple" dev board, without holes. They will probably be added on the next iteration of the board. (Besides that, 3 of the corners are a bit crammed with components, so no place for the holes anyway.)

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                • scalzS Offline
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                  @tbowmo: very beautiful board. I can't wait to see how it will work. And your feedback about dirtypcb. I often use seeed for their price. But dirty seems good too regarding their shipping rates. I like osh sometimes for their beautiful boards.

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                  • tbowmoT Offline
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                    @scalz

                    Haven't tried any of the other "cheap" board houses. But I'm glad for the quality that dirtypcbs are delivering, and the price can't be argued about..

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                      #113

                      thx good to know.

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                      • tbowmoT Offline
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                        tbowmo
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #114

                        things are beginning to take form..

                        First arduino sketch are running on the GW

                        Proof is here :)

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                        • scalzS Offline
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                          scalz
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                          #115

                          great :clap:

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                            Just learned a lesson the hard way, the last couple of days.. Discovered that I hadn't read the datasheet for the atsamd21 good enough, so I had connected all the PINS for the SPI / UARTs completely wrong. Which means 10-12 connections that was wrong (the board uses 3 SPI ports and 2 UARTs, one SPI doubles as UART, depending on the network interface connected)

                            So new boards are in the pipeline from dirtypcbs.com

                            This is btw improved on a couple of other points, compared to the previous board. Biggest is, that it now has 4 x 3mm mounting holes, (happy now @ServiceXp ? :)). It also got a couple of extra solder jumpers on the backside, that could be used for software configurations, or test points.

                            MysensorsGW.jpg

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                              @tbowmo: what a bad luck! but it is so easy to miss something when you look at the datasheet size :wink:
                              I hope you will get it working like you want, I am sure :smiley:
                              I like your enlarged pads for 0402. Is it easier to solder like this? Do you handsolder it? Do you think using 0603/0805 with no enlarged pads would take same place???I am asking this for my future designs, in case. But 0402 is so small...

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                                @scalz

                                I'm using 0603 components this time, as I'm not under that big a space constraint, as on the sensebender micro.

                                The biggest issue is the finepitched SAMD21, have to be extra careful not to make solder bridges between the pins..

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                                  @tbowmo: 0603, cool. I have some samd21 sample but have not tried to solder them. it looks tiny but I think I will be able but not without some :cold_sweat:
                                  thank you for your precision :smile:

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                                    @scalz

                                    atsamd21 comes in 3 variants, with 32, 48 og 64 pins (If I remember right). I'm using the 64 pin variant

                                    If things go well with this one, then I might make a sensebender micro 2, with an 32 pin atsamd20 (almost the same as d21, but without USB host/slave capabilities)

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                                      @tbowmo: oh, i have the 48p variant. so I will try to use it in another project in the future. and will order other sample.
                                      sensebender micro2 atsam, wow, crazy thing! could be fun to see this :smile:

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                                      • tbowmoT tbowmo

                                        Just learned a lesson the hard way, the last couple of days.. Discovered that I hadn't read the datasheet for the atsamd21 good enough, so I had connected all the PINS for the SPI / UARTs completely wrong. Which means 10-12 connections that was wrong (the board uses 3 SPI ports and 2 UARTs, one SPI doubles as UART, depending on the network interface connected)

                                        So new boards are in the pipeline from dirtypcbs.com

                                        This is btw improved on a couple of other points, compared to the previous board. Biggest is, that it now has 4 x 3mm mounting holes, (happy now @ServiceXp ? :)). It also got a couple of extra solder jumpers on the backside, that could be used for software configurations, or test points.

                                        MysensorsGW.jpg

                                        RJ_MakeR Offline
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                                        RJ_Make
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                                        wrote on last edited by
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                                        @tbowmo Now that's what I'm talking about.. Those holes look so sexy.... wait, that doesn't sound right.... :bowtie:

                                        RJ_Make

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                                        • tbowmoT tbowmo

                                          @scalz

                                          atsamd21 comes in 3 variants, with 32, 48 og 64 pins (If I remember right). I'm using the 64 pin variant

                                          If things go well with this one, then I might make a sensebender micro 2, with an 32 pin atsamd20 (almost the same as d21, but without USB host/slave capabilities)

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                                          @tbowmo How is the testing going?

                                          RJ_Make

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