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Re: New ESP32 board
Hi Bruce, Have you tried a cell phone power bank to provide stabilised 5V to the board? I also use 2 18650 cells and both techniques work well for powering my various projects and have a reasonable
New ESP32 board
Good evening All, I just posted a new PCB design for the ESP32 Morse Tutor. The code and the circuitry are the same, but this board has a few advantages over the original one: 1. The board is smaller.
By Bruce Hall · #49 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
I just found some Chris Gammell videos for KiCad 5.x.x for the Getting To Blinky tutorial. This is the link to the Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2022BX6EspFAKBCgRuEuzapuz_4aJCn He
By Ken KM4NFQ · #48 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
How true Dave, I¡¯m 85 and been a Ham since 1954, and still going strong learning. Reg W3REG Sent from Mail for Windows 10 Sent: Friday, December 6, 2019 11:41 To: [email protected] Subject:
By Alfred Genola · #47 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
Think I must have tried most PCB CAD packages, some more difficult than others to use. Eventually settled on Diptrace (Free version) does everything I want it to and more. If the device I want is not
By Dave, G8PGO · #46 ·
Re: Finding and comparing parts #pcb
Thanks for the links, Bruce. I took a look around OctoPart and was very impressed. You can even use bash shell scripts to search for parts from the command line, using the 'curl' utility. But there
By Ken KM4NFQ · #45 ·
Re: ESP32 Programming #esp32
Diptrace, It's the one I have found to be the easiest to use. It's the free version. Dave,G8PGO
By Dave, G8PGO · #44 ·
Re: ESP32 Programming #esp32
Hey DaveC, thank you for your reply, and for the files! Just out of curiosity, which software do you use to create your boards? I am always surprised by how many different PCB CAD programs are out
By Ken KM4NFQ · #43 ·
Re: ESP32 Programming #esp32
Here are the Gerber file and the Schematic for the 38 pin ESP32 board. There are no code changes. The display on the schematic looks a bit funny as I have incorporated the 2.2, 2.8 and 3.2 displays
By Dave, G8PGO · #42 ·
Re: Finding and comparing parts #pcb
I have used octopart to do some very specific comparisons and found it to bee very helpful. 73 - John - N6API Sent from my iPhone 6! John J. Bahun Senior Software / Hardware Engineer - Retired (Apple
By John Bahun · #41 ·
Finding and comparing parts #pcb
There is an online tool for finding and comparing parts, called Octopart.? It can be a useful for looking at similar parts across different manufacturers.? ?Their common parts library helps limit
By Bruce Hall · #40 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
When I was learning how to use Eagle, all the tutorials recommended not using the AutoRouter, But as a beginner, I found it very helpful for getting started. I did not realize that there is not an
By Ken KM4NFQ · #39 ·
Re: ESP32 Programming #esp32
Wow DaveC! That board looks great! Inquiring minds want to know more. Any more details? Ken, KM4NFQ "Not Fully Qualified" Ken, KM4NFQ "Not Fully Qualified" -- Regards, Ken, KM4NFQ "Not Fully
By Ken KM4NFQ · #38 ·
Re: Welcome
Greetings, It looks to me like things are running fairly smoothly. I am making mistakes, but hopefully, I will not make them twice. New members will have to have their first post approved, but after
By Ken KM4NFQ · #37 ·
Re: ESP32 Programming #esp32
My solution was to use both sides of the board. As it's ended up as a club project It also ended up with 3 power options and three screen options all on the same board.
By Dave, G8PGO · #36 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
Hi Ken: i agree 110% about the version frustrations. ?I ran into the same thing, even static webpages that do not make it clear what version they are referencing. I agree completely - install the
By John Bahun · #35 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
I took a look at Chris Gammell's tutorial and had a difficult time with it because he uses KiCad 4.x.x on MS-Windows. I don't think the operating system makes that much of a difference, but it is
By Ken KM4NFQ · #34 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
Excellent tutorial by John. Another great YouTube set of tutorials is by Chris Gammell. ?Just search with ¡°chris gammell kicad¡° - it will take you to another set of tutorials. 73 - John -?N6API
By John Bahun · #33 ·
Re: Never too old to learn! #pcb
I have found this playlist of KiCad tutorials very helpful for KiCad version 5.0.2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcQQQxoRl0&list=PL3by7evD3F51fKkyrUbH-PCdwPCWc9F8a <johnbahun@...>
By Ken KM4NFQ · #32 ·
Never too old to learn! #pcb
I just wanted to post an experience that happened to me recently..., I was amazed at how quickly a PCB can be created and manufactured these days. I found out that a very powerful tool to create a PCB
By John Bahun · #31 ·