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Zonker

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Posted: 02:00pm 14 Oct 2023
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Just happened to bump into this video today... Interesting...
And, yes, controlling the matrix is an R pie Pico MPU...  

Watch this Video
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 03:05pm 14 Oct 2023
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That's very clever indeed. I suspect you can buy a lot of breadboards and jumpers for the price of one though.

(And you can have a 100V supply for the ECC83 with wires off its base.  :) )
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Zonker

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Posted: 04:12pm 14 Oct 2023
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Yep... Answers the question...
Just because you can do something... Should you..??  
 
stanleyella

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Posted: 07:21pm 14 Oct 2023
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I'm into that, how did I manage with bird's nests all these years? looks amazing.. cost?
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 08:07pm 14 Oct 2023
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Not available yet AFAIK.

You could probably have a lot of custom made PCBs for that price, Stan. Think - the PCBs are about £3.90 for 5 100x100mm, delivered to your door. That isn't all that much more than a breadboard and some jumpers.
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stanleyella

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Posted: 08:30pm 14 Oct 2023
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Mick please see my vero post and the hidden frustration..means a pcb is nice compared to "vero"... and cheap vero is a waste of time.. tracks lift and they're hard to solder. Wire wool helps but buy vero from RS...er, it's fresher.
The ili9341 is a standard display so there must be a pcb for it but at what cost.. postage?
 
Mixtel90

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Posted: 08:57pm 14 Oct 2023
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Depends on what you want, Stan. I did several PCBs. My PicoMite Backpack design might be of interest to you - I can send you one if you like, as you're in the UK. The info about it is in the link in my sig.
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lizby
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Posted: 08:58pm 14 Oct 2023
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  stanleyella said  The ili9341 is a standard display so there must be a pcb for it but at what cost.. postage?


Mick has several designs, as do I.

JLCPCB costs me $3.87 to have 5 boards shipped to Canada or to the U.S.

This PCB can have a 20x2 header, or an ILI9341 with some of the other pins available on the header: PicoMite with ILI9341

Tom's GameMite has an ILI9341.
Edited 2023-10-15 07:03 by lizby
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