New hardware was selected, an Arduino Beetle clone seemed like the best choice since it was roughly the same outline yet featured a much more powerful processor, albeit at five times the price. A Beetle uses the same processor as an Arduino Leonardo or Micro so the libraries for those boards should work without problem and they have been used for other projects in the past. Female headers were soldered to the top of the board for initial testing. Soldering was done in a hotel with a less-than-ideal iron.
A board with an encoder was started but wire cutters were not available so it wasn't finished. This board will feature pull-down resistors for a more intuitive interface with the encoder. If a custom circuit board is ever made for this project, it will probably be possible to change from pull-down to pull-up resistors with a single solder bridge or jumper.
The commercially available encoder breakout board was wired to the Beetle clone but no code was downloaded or tested yet.
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Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
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2017-11-29
Headers soldered to the board
A board with an encoder was started but wire cutters were not available so it wasn't finished. This board will feature pull-down resistors for a more intuitive interface with the encoder. If a custom circuit board is ever made for this project, it will probably be possible to change from pull-down to pull-up resistors with a single solder bridge or jumper.
Partially assembled encoder board
The commercially available encoder breakout board was wired to the Beetle clone but no code was downloaded or tested yet.
Controller connected to encoder module
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information in this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
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This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2017-11-29
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