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Rickard5 Guru  Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 463 |
2 weekends ago was VCF Southwest here in Dallas , and being all the Vintage workshops, Panels, and swap meet got be reinvigorated to Play with my Picomites and Cmm2s. Too that end yesterday I was staring at the BOX  Where I keep all the Picomite Boards and Parts, and decided to see what "Kits" I could put together, and I have some random Blank board, Because when you order boards as you know it's 5 for $2 so every one you order you get 4 spares ;) then when you order parts there is so many parts that are just standard stuff like 220 risistors and headers, that when you order parts it's as few cents so as one does you order 25-30 of something when you need 5 ;) so last night I Built a design 1 pico mite, I really Like the Design 1 it has the greatest Potential, I had an Idea of an expansion board with the same footprint so ictuses the same case, and in short connects to the GPIO to Add the RTC and Sound, Then Breaks out only the unused Pins of the 2x20 GPIO and Maybe has an option Power supply that injects Power in to the GPIO and has a separate Rail to power Projects both 5v and 3.3v just to get rid of that goofy power on the thing, and also add a power switch. I also envision a lid for that case with a Bread Board    I may be Vulgar, but , while I'm poor, I'm Industrious, Honest, and trustworthy! I Know my Place |
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stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2548 |
get things done quick and cheap-use strip board usb vga and lcd with touch and sd card   |
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| Rickard5 Guru Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 463 |
stanleyella someday I'll figure out strip board soldering or start wire wrapping again I may be Vulgar, but , while I'm poor, I'm Industrious, Honest, and trustworthy! I Know my Place |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2548 |
sorry Rickard, pcb is great, I just think if you can solder then strip board is step 2 from bread board prototype. ebay,ae .. 5 boards <£5. there's https://veecad.com for designing but I use lined paper, the lines are the tracks. works ok with rpipico if you don't use smd. it's also quicker to build a project than waiting for a pcb to arrive or even designing one and getting it made. imho, my 5 cents, sorry. stan i2c 16 port expander and buttons on one 8bit channel :)  480x320 with psu for stable 3.3V usb version but usb to ttl not soldered.  Edited 2024-06-29 05:16 by stanleyella |
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