Finally, all the pieces have arrived to be able to announce the Carrier Board !
It fits into a plastic box of about 70 x 125 x 30 mm, made of two identical ABS shells which click together:
The JeeNode, JeeNode USB, and JeeSMD can all be used, they are “carried” by this board, so to speak:
Tons of ways to hook up plugs to this thing. There’s a diagram with all the pinouts (PDF).
Here’s a version which has all headers soldered in – not very useful, but I had to test everything anyway:
Note that only the port headers use male pins on the Carrier Board (towards the JeeNode, that is). The PWR/SER/I2C and the SPI/ISP headers both use pins with the opposite orientation. This was done because the ISP header is more useful as pins on the JeeNode, and to avoid confusing the PWR/SER/I2C header with ports, since both types use 6 pins.
More related news tomorrow…
Hi JC,
Just wondering how the CNC mill and 3D printer are doing?
Cheers
Sylvain
Hi – well, they’ve both been on the back burner for a while now. The CNC is waiting to get a spot in the garage, so I can hook up the Dremel and start making noise & dust. JeeCake has a clogged head, and is patiently waiting for a replacement head – which I’ve had here for some time, but haven’t mounted yet.
Busy, busy, busy – and shifting priorities…