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I built the thing - but the regulator isn't working and i am sad
09/17/2020 at 18:49 • 0 commentsI have assembled the first board (it is not perfect, but I did it with the iron so, hey!). It is still a bit sticky, however, a more problematic problem is that the regulator is regulating too much and I'm not sure why so it's not working yet. I also really need to start thinking about software which I haven't really done yet. Okay that's it, that's the post, hopefully there will be pictures of it working soon, hopefully. (don't mind the not enough solder on the USB connector, I'll fix it later)
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PCBs and things
09/16/2020 at 14:58 • 0 commentsOkay, so I've wanted to make this thing for a long time now, however, I've only starting working on it fairly recently, although I've neglected to put the Hackaday page up until now.
So here's where I am currently. I bought parts for this a month or so ago, and ordered boards from JLCpcb, however thanks to my problems with shipping, I never received those boards. So then a few weeks ago I bought new boards from Oshpark and now I've got those! I feel like I did alright considering this is the first time I've designed a real PCB (I didn't make it impossible to manufacture, so hey!). I currently assembling the first board (after i bought a new micro for it, since I got the wrong package and somehow didn't notice for literally months), and then we'll see where that goes. I'll try and post what's going on once I've finished assembling it (and if I manage to let out the magic smoke when I plug it in).