saybur
Well-known member
I'm doing a revision of the hardware to add extra features and correct some bugs. @ronan also made good observations about things to fix, which is appreciated. Here's the list of what I'm working on:
For anyone who has built one of these, were there other things you found annoying and/or features you thought were missing?
- Move from KiCad 4 to KiCad 5, and change the footprints to match the awesome new library versions.
- Add USB for reprogramming & config updates (not sure if USB-C or just micro at this point, and I'm uncertain about powering via USB or leaving the barrel jack).
- Change the linear regulators to use more reasonable packaging, they're significantly oversized.
- Fix the oversized footprint on the barrel jack if it stays.
- Extend the board depth by 0.5mm to fit the case better, it tends to knock back and forth a bit.
- Shift the Ethernet / power plugs to get a bit more room on the back.
- (Possibly) add a jumper to use TERMPWR for board power.
- (Possibly) switch from the microSD socket to a full SD socket and upgrade the software to allow hot-plugging.
For anyone who has built one of these, were there other things you found annoying and/or features you thought were missing?