(Former) Makers of electronics and gadgets. Account inactive, no longer maintained. @AndonRT is my personal account
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So, with that, I'm going to hang up my hat here. This will likely be the final tweets from this account. If you want to follow me personally, the account is @AndonRT - But don't expect much, I'm not super active on Twitter.
With that - So long, and thanks for all the fish!
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So, it's been a year and change since I officially announced a hiatus.
Turns out, it's permanent. The stress, paperwork, and everything else that went into electronics was a lot, and what I got out of it was... not.
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Can't wait!
If you thought yesterday's blog post was a thing of pure wonderment, you should see todays. Don't say we never treat you: raspberrypi.org/blog/trick-o…
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Sad to not be able to visit the NYC Maker Faire as planned, but some things came up and I am unable to attend. Perhaps next year! I did hope everyone there has a fantastic time.
Got the newest R2 from @PCBWayOfficial - Assembled it and everything's great. Except the SD slot, but that's not a surprise. Those things are hard to hand solder.
So, after putting together the Mini R2, I've found the following issues:
1 - Power LED connected to an input-only pin. Oops!
2 - No reverse voltage protection.
3 - Bad reads for measuring battery when switched off (Running via FTDI or otherwise)
4 - Several silkscreen issues
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PCBs acquired this afternoon from @PCBWayOfficial - The SD slot was problematic, but third time is the charm.
Only issue I can see so far is that I didn't pay enough attention. Power LED is connected to A7 - Which is read-only. Oops!
I have to say, new buttons are super great.
Looking forward to getting my PCBs from @PCBWayOfficial tomorrow. Hopefully the prototype of the Mini R2 works great.
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Oooh, my PCBs are 47% complete, I expect @PCBWayOfficial will be sending them out soon. I'm impatient to get my hands on them.
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DigiBadge Mini R2 board has been sent off to @PCBWayOfficial to be manufactured, and the parts that I don't have are on order from @digikey - I'm getting antsy waiting, and it's only been a day.
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New Blog Post by Andon: DigiBadge Mini R2 – And a new shop?! phoenixborntech.com/2018/08/…
Managed to fit a voltage regulator, 2 status LEDs, a hard power switch, and significantly larger buttons onto the Mini R2. Had to move a lot of things around, and ended up going with a 4-layer board (My first!)
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Quite a few people in the comments to this want me to make a smaller one, with the 160x80 TFT.
While not what I expected to hear, it's definitely a challenge - And I'm definitely going to be undertaking it. May not make it to a production stage, but I'll prototype it!
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@BlitzCityDIY did a wonderful video on the DigiBadge! Have a look - And follow her if you aren't already. She does neat stuff!
youtu.be/KY0jOSbsJr8
As with the programming, I'm probably going to be limited more by space than anything else. I'm not going to make the Mini any/much larger, so some things might be dropped if they don't physically fit on the board.
Some late-night testing shows that powered-on status of the DigiBadge Mini draws only about 35ish mA (At 3.5v) tops.
On the other hand, it's still drawing about 2mA when in it's "Low" power state, when it should be much, much lower.
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Well. I survived BronyCon. I'll be posting a run-down on it... eventually. In all liklihood, it'll be tomorrow or Thursday.
Still have all of my lightboxes. You should totally come buy them! @BronyCon booth 516