Wow. It's been a while since I posted an update. Since last time, I ordered PCBs from OSHPark. I found an excellent Arduino Uno template for Eagle that I used to make my shield.
I designed the board using my schematics in Eagle. It's the first time I've made a board in Eagle; I used auto-routing and hoped for the best.
To my eyes, the boards looked excellent when uploaded to OSHPark. Two weeks later, I got the boards in the mail!
Here's one of the boards with some of the components. In the next project log, I hopefully have a finished version with mounted components to show.
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We look forward to seeing your future updates!
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Thanks, updates coming soon!
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FYI, ZIF sockets have come *way* down in price, these days... I know you're not looking for 40-pin, but easy-enough to work around... $2.50 (I remember when they were more than $20!)
http://www.mpja.com/ZIF-IC-Test-Socket-40-Pin-6-Wide-ICs/productinfo/31451+IS
Nice boards!
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For some reason, over here in Europe the 28-pin ZIF sockets are closer to $20 still! Maybe I should just buy a batch from eBay.. :-)
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Haha, well, 28-pin ZIFs are probably a bit more of a vintage thing, these days... Microcontrollers still come in wide 40-pin packages, but few people are still using [E]EPROMs ;)
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