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Captains Log #12
05/13/2017 at 00:55 • 3 commentsJust received the PCB in the mail today and they look nice. Originally I was worried about the holes not lining up with the headers on the CHIP Pro, but they lined up great. Next thing to do is get a reflow oven or make one. Ill put the Re flow oven in a separate project.
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Captains Log #11
04/30/2017 at 06:12 • 2 commentsOrdered the PCB via OSH park, now we wait :)
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Captains Log #10
04/27/2017 at 18:19 • 0 commentsRev 0.3 added through holes and labeled them.
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Captains Log #9
04/27/2017 at 15:52 • 0 comments
Im now using Find Chips since this tool allows me to upload the BOM so that anyone can build this project easily from any vendor they want. -
Captains Log #8
04/27/2017 at 15:26 • 0 commentsAdded through holes for anyone that wants to mount a custom DIP
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Captains Log #7
04/25/2017 at 06:32 • 0 commentsRedesigned part of the PCB to be smaller after I found out that someone was able to boot from the GPIO which is great since it saves money on IC chip and leaves the SPI available. The PCB is labeled "ChipSmartPhone Core Rev 0.2 "on GitHub. On rev 0.3 I will add through holes around the CHIPPro for adding headers and add a power button.
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Captains Log #6
04/23/2017 at 23:27 • 0 commentsIve added the component Digikey BOM on Google drive and will add it there, since i will be making some small changes on the components and its also easier to maintain and make changes. link will be included in the link list
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1An6kbbvmYNSk-XoKkjUbkHAP2uSu1uirWbv4Hm-ej0k/edit?usp=sharing
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Captains Log #5
04/20/2017 at 23:54 • 0 commentsFinally added the dual sim+sd card to the board, it was slightly tough eggs.
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Captains Log #4
04/19/2017 at 06:29 • 0 commentsDigikey didnt have a specific sim card tray for the pcb, which is fine since I decided to order a simcard+ micro sd card combo 2.2.h which should be great for the CHIP pro since it lacks a SD card. I couldn't find a library for it, which is fine.I'll just make a custom library based of an different similar existing component.
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Captains Log #2
04/16/2017 at 06:30 • 0 commentsFor the Chip Pro Peeps ! I'm just observing the new C.H.I.P Gr8 changes at the C.H.I.P forums,it made me second guess on ordering the Pocket CHIP for the long shipping time. In the meantime I made some design changes on the PCB design on the CHIP pro Phone to fit one board. I considered adding an IPhone 4 battery in it since i had a ton of them. I will upload the open brd files to github soon(I still have to figure out the lay out, adding extra holes, etc)