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1Get Design Files
They're available on the project page.
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2Order Boards
Send the files to your favourite PCB assembler.
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3Recieve Anti-Static Burrito
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4Unwrap Anti-Static Burrito
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5Become Painfully Aware Of The Global Chip Shortage
For my initial prototypes I had to steal these memory ICs off of actual Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 boards, at $20 a pop.
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6The Ol' Switcheroo - *Whoops*
Apparently I put the SWD connector on backwards for my first batch of prototypes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we'll be flipping this around.
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7Take A Moment To Enjoy What Went Right
Look at these lovely little gems.
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8Do Hacker Things
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9Verify Hackery Went According To Plan
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10Breadboard, Meet Breadstick!
Now that the connector's flipped and the memory's soldered on, time to mount it to the breadboard.
I like to snap my header pins off using pliers, because doing this next task with flush-cutters would result in 20 mini-metal-missiles ricocheting around my lab, and that would be counterproductive.
We're going to need:
20 x 1 Pin
2 x 3 Pin
Insert them into the breadboard as such:
Now lay your Breadstick on top.
Notice we skipped the Reset and Aref pins? Only solder them if they're important to you. Otherwise they'll just take up valuable prototyping space.
I like to solder at either end before working inwards.
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