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• Adding TP4056 module and a faceplate

  Hendra Kusumah • 04/13/2018 at 04:51 • 0 comments

  The PCB is already good enough running on 2 AA/AAA battery or a 9V battery. But I want my arduboy to be rechargeable by adding a lipo battery and TP4056 module. 

  also I want to make a front cover for it so I came up with new PCB design that Include the pad for TP4056 module and Faceplate made from the PCB

• First time making PCB

  Hendra Kusumah • 04/13/2018 at 04:42 • 0 comments

  I have no experience at all on making a PCB. But I want to try it with the diy arduboy project. Fortunately I found a person called Amal  that kind enough sharing his PCB design for another arduboy project on easyeda.

  Then I fork his design which is already good enough

  and from there I modified his design to learn about making PCB and also to suit my needs.

  Changes that I made from his design are:

  • Adding Pin 3 to the buzzer to suit the arduboy library
  • change the position for few pad
  • narrowing the buttons to make it more ergonomics for my hands
  • rounded the edge of the PCB to make it look more nice and to prevent cutting to the skin
  • Added holes to the edges to mount cover for the PCB on the top and bottom

  After all the changes above, I came up with my own design which still a bit simillar looking but with more feature

  
  

• Second Prototype

  Hendra Kusumah • 04/05/2018 at 19:41 • 0 comments

  After the first prototype I am ordering arduino pro micro to make the console smaller, and while waiting for the pro micro, I found a 3.7 volt 1000 mAH lipo battery from my unused previous project. So, I decided to order another component which is a lipo charger and 5v booster module from wemos. 

  After all the components arrive I unplugged the oled display start soldering again on a smaller Perfboard and added caps to the buttons

  It is another success and I was pretty satisfy with the result for few months.

  But I still want this project to be more neat by creating a custom PCB for this. And I have no knowledge at all for designing a PCB. So, I try installing KiCad and learn about it but there are so many keys I need to memories. I need a more simple tool than KiCad, then I try easyeda which is a lot easier for a dummy like me.

• First Prototype

  Hendra Kusumah • 04/05/2018 at 19:28 • 0 comments

  Before I was able to do a PCB design I was making this project using a low quality single sided perfboard and for jumper wires I peel an unused LAN cable.

  Fortunately I have an Arduino Micro from adafruit that has been sitting in a box for several years and it is a great to use it.

  For powering the Device I use two CR2032 coin cell battery in series to give the board enough power which later I learned that it is not the best for this project because it only run for 20-30 minutes.

  After Hours of soldering this what I come up with

  It was a succes attempt but the run time wasn't enough

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