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Second revision of board almost done

A project log for Browser-Controlled Tracked Robot

A tracked vehicle for playing around with. Controlled from laptop for ubiqutousness, educational value and ... uh... data.

oldcrowOldCrow 08/24/2014 at 14:510 Comments

Don't you hate it when you have to put the work "almost" in your log?

I updated the picture of the layout. You should be able to see now where I'm going with this.

Board TODO:

1. Attach the Board Power FET's control to an MCU I/O. Choose a good pin.

2. Put solderstop-less polygon on the main battery and GND traces, so that I can reinforce those with copper strands after the board is fabbed.

3. Add debug LEDs. 

I know that blinking LEDs are bad for the eyesight and sanity of anyone later admiring my handiwork, but they make such wonderful debugging interfaces. ...Alternatively, I could add some more headers to any free pins. Headers conneced to spare I/O pins tend to buffer against screw-ups.

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