@shabba

The majority of the components are 0603 SMD package type (except 2 smd resistors on the usb lines which are not really mandatory and can be replaced with a solder bridge).

There you go (extracted from schematic - I can't do better than this because it involves more work and I don't have time for it, sorry):

a) 9 x 100nF 0603 SMD MLCC capacitors, X5R/X7R (voltage can be 10V and above)
b) 3 x 1uF 0603 SMD MLCC capacitors, X5R/X7R (voltage can be 10V and above)
c) 1 x 10uF 0603 SMD MLCC capacitor, X5R/X7R (voltage can be 10V and above)
d) 1 x 22uF 0603 SMD MLCC capacitor, X5R/X7R (voltage can be 10V and above)
e) 1 x 10nF 0603 SMD MLCC capacitor, X5R/X7R (voltage can be 10V and above)
f) 1 x ferrite bead 0603 SMD blm18he152sn1d
g) 3 x 330 ohm 0603 SMD resistor
h) 1 x 1Kohm 0603 SMD resistor
i) 1 x 10Kohm 0603 SMD resistor
j) 1 x 56Kohm 0603 SMD resistor
k) 1 x MCP1703A-3302 3.3V/0.25A voltage regulator
l) 1 x TXB0104 voltage level converter
m) 1 x ATMEGA328P-MU AVR MCU (QFN32 package)
n) 1 x CP2102 USB to serial (QFN28 package)
o) 3 x 0603 SMD LEDs (your pick here)
p) 1 x ATSHA204A (SOT-23 package)
q) 1 x RFM69W module (your pick regarding working frequency)
r) 1 x ZTTCS16.00MX ceramic resonator
s) 1 x USB A type male connector for PCB and 1 SMD reset switch (I have no exact links for this, sorry)

For 8051 cores there's the SDCC project but I don't know how stable/mature is and/or what are its limitations. And it's a C compiler only as far as I know.

AllPCB it's great with DHL shipping. At least for now. It's true that the boards final price includes shipping too but it's still cheaper via DHL. Even if I have to pay VAT it's ok (19%). For the very short time to my door which is 3-4 days that's just WOW compared with 3-4 weeks via regular shipping.

@gohan I tried smart-prototyping in the past and they are pretty ok I can say but not the best compared to PCBWay for example. For cheap services and pretty decent quality I will still opt for Elecrow for example. And for pretty decent quality and very fast shipping - AllPCB - at least for now and if their prices won't go higher in the future.

Oh and AllPCB finishes the boards in 2 days for that price. Compared to EU factories it's still the cheapest - you can't beat China when it comes to that. Here in EU for the same price that AllPCB does I get ONLY 3 boards...wtf..so yeah you get the idea.

@toyman

You can find it in my kicad repo: symbol and footprint

I didn't used it in any design so please double check.

@alexsh1

I'm sorry but I think I'll abandon this one because I don't have any time left to deal with it.

@andrew
Where did you buy that green thing that sits on your work desk (it has some kind of ruler on it and squares). I don't know how it's called but I keep seeing it and I think I want one too. Thanks.

@andrew

I know that this is not the right place to ask but I'm very curious how do you overcome the fact that in EU there's only the live with in the walls for light switches. I saw that you used a HLK-PM0xx module for testing which needs both live and null. Or maybe your "in-wall" wiring is different... Anyways congratulations for your work so far.

@NeverDie

For the swd connector - some simple wires soldered temporarily :simple_smile: and removed afterwards. The project doesn't support OTA - but can be added if desired as a DFU upload service - needs some extra work and research. But once the switches are flashed there's no need to reflash them as all the MySensors stuff is on the linux board node which can be reconfigured very easily through that web interface(the services behind it will restart automatically when the configuration file changes and the new settings are applied automatically also). I will prepare the required documentation about the whole system on my blog and there's a lot to write :simple_smile: .

Hello,

After a long time of development(both hw and sw) I finally managed to get to a final version and a stable one - production ready also. It's a mix of BLE and Mysensors(the switches are running the nordic ble stack wrapped using the sandeepmistry ble peripheral library) and a linux board running the ble central node and Mysensors integration over MQTT.

Now this seems like a complicate setup and extra components added but it's very stable so far and no more failures with the Livolo switches. The linux board has a web interface for configuring mqtt connections details, mysensors node id's, ble mac addresses and some statistics regarding connected nodes over ble and services status, mqtt connection status.

Maximum ble switches or peripherals that the central node can connect to is 5 or 6 - this is a limitation in the ble stack as far as I know but it's enough to cover one room or maybe two if there aren't too many walls or more than 15-20meters in open space. I tested using an Orico BTA-403 usb ble 4.0 dongle and it works very well even through one wall.

Here are some screenshots from the web panel used to configure the central node(linux board with usb ble dongle)

The code from the linux board(a nanopi duo from friendlyelec) runs custom python code made by me to maintain the ble connections and do the MySensors integration - it also provides failure handling and automatic reconnection for both BLE devices and mqtt broker.

Now the web interface is not very refined but it does its job very well(I'm using the great and almighty bootstrap framework for the UI). I also use flask for the python web server, ajax and other goodies to support all this.

Anyway there's a lot to publish and discuss about this project so I will do that on my blog when I have time: https://electronics-adventures.blogspot.ro/

@NeverDie
Thanks. I will keep that in mind. Well I will test and see...