Ardubuino

The pcb from https://jlcpcb.com/ has arrived

Finally my ardubuino has a front case made from a pcb

The PCB cut itself fits really nicely to my ardubuino. and the PCB comes exactly like I really wanted

here is my full video review for the PCB above which are made from JLCPCB:

I was planning to print the Version 2 of my ardubuino PCB which has the size of 85x37 mm. I try to to print on jlcpcb which has an awesome price. $2 for 10 PCB with maximum size 100x100 mm. Not to waste with the maximum size the jlcpcb has to offer I'm thinking of designing a faceplate from the PCB material along with main PCB itself

my faceplate design was inspired from from @bobricius's Gamebuino clone project. 

which is look like this:

Thanks Bob for sharing your project.

it got me motivated to do the same things so I came up with my own pcb design which look like this:

After setting all things up on easyeda I proceed to quote my PCB on jlcpcb to get my PCB printed.
I've already put this PCB with faceplate design on this page to make it easier for anybody to do the same thing.

The PCB is already good enough running on 2 AA/AAA battery or a 9V battery. But I want my arduboy to be rechargeable by adding a lipo battery and TP4056 module. 

also I want to make a front cover for it so I came up with new PCB design that Include the pad for TP4056 module and Faceplate made from the PCB

I have no experience at all on making a PCB. But I want to try it with the diy arduboy project. Fortunately I found @Amal Shajan video and he’s kind enough sharing his PCB design for another arduboy project on easyeda.

Then I fork his design which is already good enough

and from there I modified his design to learn about making PCB and also to suit my needs.

Changes that I made from his design are:

• Adding Pin 3 to the buzzer to suit the arduboy library
• change the position for few pad
• narrowing the buttons to make it more ergonomics for my hands
• rounded the edge of the PCB to make it look more nice and to prevent cutting to the skin
• Added holes to the edges to mount cover for the PCB on the top and bottom

After all the changes above, I came up with my own design which still a bit simillar looking but with more feature

After the first prototype I am ordering arduino pro micro to make the console smaller, and while waiting for the pro micro, I found a 3.7 volt 1000 mAH lipo battery from my unused previous project. So, I decided to order another component which is a lipo charger and 5v booster module from wemos. 

After all the components arrive I unplugged the oled display start soldering again on a smaller Perfboard and added caps to the buttons

It is another success and I was pretty satisfy with the result for few months.

But I still want this project to be more neat by creating a custom PCB for this. And I have no knowledge at all for designing a PCB. So, I try installing KiCad and learn about it but there are so many keys I need to memories. I need a more simple tool than KiCad, then I try easyeda which is a lot easier for a dummy like me.

Before I was able to do a PCB design I was making this project using a low quality single sided perfboard and for jumper wires I peel an unused LAN cable.

Fortunately I have an Arduino Micro from adafruit that has been sitting in a box for several years and it is a great to use it.

For powering the Device I use two CR2032 coin cell battery in series to give the board enough power which later I learned that it is not the best for this project because it only run for 20-30 minutes.

After Hours of soldering this what I come up with

It was a succes attempt but the run time wasn't enough