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Lou Senior Member Joined: 01/02/2014 Location: United StatesPosts: 229
Posted: 08:25am 08 Aug 2016
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Good one Phil, I love it !!
I too am a big BTTF fan. Was that 1.2 gigawatts for one trip through time ??
How much power does it take to make simultaneous time travel to single destinations at different dates ?? Is Mr. Fusion big enough for that ??
Zonker, order two more of Grogs boards for me, I'll pay you next time I'm over there.
LouMicrocontrollers - the other white meat
Zonker Guru Joined: 18/08/2012 Location: United StatesPosts: 772
Posted: 08:32am 08 Aug 2016
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@Lou... Ok, but you know these are for the new E-100 board.. Did you order one from Grogs..?
Lou Senior Member Joined: 01/02/2014 Location: United StatesPosts: 229
Posted: 09:25am 08 Aug 2016
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@Zonker
Don't know about the E-100, it just looks like a nice prototyping board for DIP stuff. Give me a call when you get home (before you order).
LouMicrocontrollers - the other white meat
f1fco Senior Member Joined: 18/03/2012 Location: FrancePosts: 155
Posted: 10:00am 08 Aug 2016
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One for me also
and one pcb for the SD card when available !
Is it possible to pay by Paypal ?
Pierre, from France73s de F1FCO
bigfix Senior Member Joined: 20/02/2014 Location: AustriaPosts: 130
Posted: 11:08am 08 Aug 2016
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Add me in for two boards
When will they be orderable on the webshop ?
Bill7300 Senior Member Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 159
Posted: 12:53pm 08 Aug 2016
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I'll take two, too. I don't think the 20 initially available are going to last long.
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yahoo2 Guru Joined: 05/04/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1166
Posted: 01:37pm 08 Aug 2016
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real time prototyping is so 21st of October 2015
I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not...
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 05:42pm 08 Aug 2016
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Yahoo2 - I have to kinda agree in some ways, however, we can design and make any PCB we want - some people cannot, and this was Phil23's point, and I thought: "Fair enough." so that was where these boards came from - Phil23's idea.
[Quote=Lou]Don't know about the E-100, it just looks like a nice prototyping board for DIP stuff.[/Quote]
That EXACTLY what it is. Nothing more, nothing less - may not be of any use to you - they will appeal to those who don't build large things, but also don't have any PCB software or etching systems in place for home-bake boards.
[Quote=f1fco]One for me also
and one pcb for the SD card when available !
Is it possible to pay by Paypal ?[/Quote]
Yes. For anyone else reading this, you can also pay for your boards right now if you like using my standard PayPal sales email address, that being sales-at-rictech-dot-nz.
I did not want to put the exact email up here, or I thought that forum-crawling vermin software might pick up on it. If anyone is in any doubt, PM me and I will send it to you there.
Anyone who wants one this way, please put a little note in the payment saying what your forum name is, so I can cross you off the list.
EDIT: @ f1fco - I have ordered some full-size SD card holders(spring-loaded ones), and have started initial layout of a small card carrier board. You can get extremely cheap SD card carrier modules on eBay(designed for Arduino use), but they won't match the CON10 pinout, and they don't have any mounting holes. My one will use brackets to mount the unit flush with the front panel, and has provision for a "Busy" LED if you want to fit one.
Currently, 18 of the 25 boards are taken, so there are 7 left. I am surprised by how quick they have been grabbed up, frankly, as Phil23 had to talk me into making these boards in some respects, so I need to tip my hat to him here - he was right - people do want prototyping boards.
I will order 50 next time and I will put them up on the website in time for the batch of 50 arriving here, so the forum can consider these a special small order just for the forums. Edited by Grogster 2016-08-10Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 07:44pm 08 Aug 2016
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Payments received from Phil23, Bigfix and Bill7300, and you are in the spreadsheet for dispatch as soon as the boards arrive here.
Current progress of the boards is:
Edited by Grogster 2016-08-11Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
yahoo2 Guru Joined: 05/04/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1166
Posted: 04:20pm 09 Aug 2016
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it wasn't any criticism, just an attempt a humour. I am with Phil all the way, some of my simple prototypes spend 12 months in the field before we think about tidying things up and some are a one off so it is not worth spending the time designing a pcb. Some of my veroboard hacks can look very agricultural
I will probably be hitting you up for a few bits and pieces early next year, including a couple of these, once my current projects are finished.
cheers yahoo I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not...
Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667
Posted: 04:54pm 09 Aug 2016
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I Think making things up as we go works for many of us.
Take the board in the heat pump I'm converting.
It started with an MX170, 7 resistors & caps, a vReg & 5 headers for the thermistors.
Only other connection was for an ESP8266 on the console.
Then another header was added to connect a HC-12 to Com1, so others could poll it for data.
Then added a water flow sensor;
A LED to indicate it was still running.
Then decided another LED was required for Coms Req confirmation.
No fixed plan from the start, but it's been easy enough to keep adding to that board.
Cheers.
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 07:08pm 09 Aug 2016
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@ yahoo2 - My apologies if I misinterpreted you. I also did not think you were being critical, more just sarcastic. But sarcasm can be very funny used correctly!
"Oh yeah, I'm too sarcastic for my own good."
Boards have been sent, so the web-progress says - that was very fast - two days to produce. Impressive. DHL shipping, so should be here in a couple more days.
Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 05:00pm 10 Aug 2016
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UPDATE: Payments received from Zonker and Lou. Boards reserved = 20, Boards remaining = 5. I will be getting more, so if anyone misses out on this prototype run, don't dispair - I will be getting more soon. I will update this thread when the boards arrive, and when I send them off to the members.Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 04:59pm 14 Aug 2016
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UPDATE: Boards are here! I will be sending off to those who have already paid probably tomorrow. I will post here when I do, and to whom I sent to that day.Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
MicroBlocks Guru Joined: 12/05/2012 Location: ThailandPosts: 2209
Posted: 05:11pm 14 Aug 2016
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I am actually making a something similar (but smaller) one of my own with an integrated USB/Serial but this is very universal, so i would like to have two.
I'll have to stock upon some more female-female wires. :)
I think i have your paypal address but could you pm/email it to me just to be sure?
Microblocks. Build with logic.
Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9797
Posted: 03:51pm 15 Aug 2016
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UPDATE: Orders sent to the following members today:
Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
Zonker Guru Joined: 18/08/2012 Location: United StatesPosts: 772
Posted: 04:45pm 15 Aug 2016
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Thanks G..! The E-100 will let me get a "stable" platform going for some good "big panel" work... (sweet)..!
panky Guru Joined: 02/10/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1116
Posted: 01:26pm 18 Aug 2016
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Grogs,
Any thoughts of placing a couple of 8 pin soic pads in the 30 to 38 region to take a couple of surface mount chips with leads out to existing holes?
Panky.... almost all of the Maximites, the MicromMites, the MM Extremes, the ArmMites, the PicoMite and loving it!
Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667
Posted: 02:13pm 18 Aug 2016
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Probably going beyond the intended concept really.
Just had a quick look & there's a huge variety of SOIC adaptor boards available on ebay, lucky if any are worth more than a buck.
Cheers
Phil
VK2MCT Senior Member Joined: 30/03/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 120
Posted: 12:11am 19 Aug 2016
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For those who have read the first page of this thread AMAZON have a FLUX Cap replica for sale - $330 would you believe. Only 4 left!!
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