Got another rev of the Skiing Datalogger, I had REV:B boards made but never built one up since I knew of the issue with the gyro and the holes didn’t line up with the case. This board is REV:C which I added some holes, all the flying wires are gone (so far) except the rework
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Previously I have used this interface sewn into a glove to start new tracks in the GPX file and also give me a visual indication that the device is logging data. The main problem with this system is I can not come up with a good way of disconnecting the glove from the wire to
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I didn’t change anything with the electronic parts, but did get a new case for the data logger. I tried long and hard but could not find a way to fit the GPS antenna inside the case. The Molex connector goes to the status LED and switch shown earlier. The switch I changed from being a
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I’m now back to the same functionality I had on the version I built on proto boards though now much smaller. I added a run/stop switch on the side. Each transition from stop to run will result in a new file being started. Two lights on the top, the green one is lit when the
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After having the boards for at least a month I finally built one up. This board dosn’t really do much new it is basically my GPS logging hardware v3.1 built onto one board. Since I was building my own boards I opted to use a atmega1284p since I was having issues running out of sram before
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So, I got my PCBs in yesterday, imediatly grabbed the solder paste put a bunch of components down, reflowed them and everything looked good. The power supply was actully very stable, even the components that didn’t have leads looked to be good. I did know of some errors on the board such as not running
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A while ago I came up with an idea for a project that seemed to require a flexible LED matrix. I could not find any comerically available, and even flexible LCDs aren’t nearly as common as I would expect. Getting a custom flexiable PCB created is possible, but pretty expensive and not exactly easy. Seeing
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