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A project log for GrillUp

Remote Grill temperature controller with water pump and Bluetooth 4.0

nerwalnerwal 08/12/2014 at 22:311 Comment

I did most of the soldering today. I failed at ground plane while designing the PCB, GND pin of: ISCP, 3.3V LDO and status LED were not connected. I thought DRU provided by fab house would check that, my bad.

Another problem I found 3 days after placing the order is that transistors used for turning on water pump and laser pointer are not connected to the ground. 

So, 5 jumpers, I should probably stop calling this a 'final version'.

Using Arudino Uno I uploaded bootloader to new device. After uploading sketch I briefly tested bluetooth connectivity, controlling servos and switching on water pump, so far no problems.

Next step: fitting stuff back into box.

Discussions

jlbrian7 wrote 08/13/2014 at 02:02 point
I have made the same mistake. Once I also ran a 5v line across a 3.3v input line on the bottom side of the board, and it was hidden by a line on the top side of the board. The board house contacted me about that one, but they don't worry about the grounds.

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