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Project name change
08/22/2014 at 17:24 • 0 commentsI just changed the name from Humidos to PASS (personal ambient space sensor).
It is a better descriptor for this project.
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Added a picture of the schematic
08/20/2014 at 19:13 • 0 commentsI added a picture of the schematic to project details, but if you like this project grab a copy from UpVerter.
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Next the battery
08/20/2014 at 01:25 • 0 commentsThe next step is the battery and packaging design.
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Putting all the components together
08/20/2014 at 01:04 • 0 commentsIn the vid I show the board taking readings from all the sensors and displaying them the screen.
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Soldering components
08/20/2014 at 01:02 • 0 commentsI first added my newly burned ATMEGA328 and programmed it. Then I added the pressure sensor.
The pressure sensor has solder pads under the chip! yikes! I used solder paste and a toaster oven.
I needed to reflow the solder because the first time the BMP180 did not fully seat, so I re-heated the board removed the chip, cleaned the board, added more solder past and reflowed the chip - ah much better.
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First step
08/20/2014 at 00:55 • 0 commentsLearn upverter - easy to learn and use and over the past month they have been updating the software and adding some nice features that EagleCad does not have like toggle layers on/off - show only top or bottom layer.
I ordered my completed board from upverter and they used OSH Park. I ordered 2 for about $23 and recieved the boards in about 2 weeks 1 week before I exprected it. Also, I got 3 boards one as a bonus.
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Proto type bootloader burner
08/20/2014 at 00:48 • 0 commentsThis is my bread board to burn bootloaders on to ATMEGA328's.
I can quickly burn my own Arduinos!
Using Optiboot https://code.google.com/p/optiboot/ make this task easy.
Step 1. load the Optiboot sketch on to an arduino - on reset the program searches for one of four different target chips and automatically starts to write the bootloader - done!
The circuit is on upverter. https://upverter.com/donsmrkatz/1b5793121c45bbf0/ProgramConnector/
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Some design goals
08/20/2014 at 00:40 • 0 commentsLearn upverter - I like the idea of free tools and upverter is right tool for this project. They have an integrated BOM which is a big plus.
Learn how to burn a boot loader onto an ATMEGA328.
How to log humidity, air pressure and temperture using low power (sleep mode), battery backup and real time clock. I will be using sleep mode and reset.