It’s Alive
I had one footprint error, but otherwise it seems to be working as expected. About 300 mW RF output. More details to follow.
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Happiness Is…
…receiving a shipment of PCBs from Shenzhen.
OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCBs On The Way
If you watched my previous Twitch stream, you may have seen that I completed the layout of the first PCB spin of OpenBeacon Mini. Today I ordered the PCBs from DirtyPCBs, along with boards for my low-pass filter module, and more Empyrean boards in anticipation of wider beta testing soon. I wanted to get these… Read More OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCBs On The Way
OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCB Layout Complete
I managed to finish the layout of the OpenBeacon Mini prototype PCB in KiCad this evening while livestreaming on Twitch. A 3D rendering from KiCad is above. It looks about how I sketched it out and wasn’t too nasty to route, so I got that going for me. So I’ll get on order off to… Read More OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCB Layout Complete
Early 3D Printing
This probably isn’t news to some of you, but I had no idea that practical stereolithography was so old. From Computers and the Imagination.