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21 Jul 2014 16:50 #24732 by sbstnp
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Well, I'm a patient man :)

What I really hope for is that you PB make a buck out of it, you truly deserve it.
Devo 10 + 4in1
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21 Jul 2014 20:49 - 21 Jul 2014 20:51 #24740 by SadSack
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We have life Jim....


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25 Jul 2014 05:25 #24785 by magic_marty
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Wow......this thread has died, what happened? Is the module a bust or is it working? I would really like to some day have one..:)

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25 Jul 2014 06:17 #24788 by JustenCase
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Be patient my friend. Good things come to those who wait.

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26 Jul 2014 14:23 #24811 by PhracturedBlue
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We were unable to get the module working. None of the RF chips function. Well..the A7105 may function, I'm not really sure. Anyhow, SadSack is sending it to me so I can do further debug. Hopefully I can work some magic and getit going, or at least deduce why it doesn't work. We will then spin a 2nd revision of the board to address some of the known faults and try again. It takes a while to get from the UK to the US, so patience is necessary. This is not something I plan to give up on before it is working, but the process will take some time.

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26 Jul 2014 14:41 #24812 by mikemacwillie
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I'm a new poster here, but long time lurker. I'd like to offer to help with assembly of the next round of boards if you need it. I'm a little closer to the states, and have a lot of experience assembling prototype boards with packages like this.

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27 Jul 2014 01:23 #24821 by PhracturedBlue
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Thanks for the offer, but I think SadSack and I have it covered.

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28 Jul 2014 09:22 #24862 by SadSack
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Well I'm hoping I've done something silly and that's the fix. And now I've started I would like to carry on. Still Pb has the lead. And anyone who may think PB not been about much trust me he's very busy :-)
I am open to Tips / Advice so shout out.
Have considered putting re-flow oven together but turns out oven I picked up don't use Halogen which is preferred option and no budget to buy new one. Recycle is the route I'd go. Sure if I wait long enough one will turn up.

Maybe not to build one of these's but getting re-flow blower makes replacing Fets on ESC's a breeze and harvesting parts off dirt cheap pro minis cheaper than 1 atmega328 tqfp and you get all parts needed to run it afterwards, Bargain!! And replace a few locked avr's will soon recover your costs.

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30 Jul 2014 21:18 #24924 by victzh
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What's not working? They're not visible on SPI bus or they do not emit/receive RF? Or MCU is dead?

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01 Aug 2014 18:25 #24953 by PhracturedBlue
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The devices aren't visible on the SPI bus. The crystals for the transceivers don't seem to be starting up. Until I have the board in my hand I can't debug further. the stm32 is working fine.

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08 Aug 2014 17:57 #25097 by rquigg
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I have been keeping an eye on this project, while assembling a MultiModv1.3 at work (Shhh....don't tell the boss).

I am thoroughly impressed with the progress you guys have been making with the design, assembly and testing.

I am anxiously awaiting any news on the Universal Module.

Once again, hats off to you all!!

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21 Aug 2014 17:58 #25328 by PhracturedBlue
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Well, I haven't heard from SadSack for 3 weeks. Hopefully he's just busy/on vacation, and will be back soon.

Since I didn't receive the non-working board in the mail, I was unable to debug any further. I've ordered 3 more boards with the fixes we found, and ordered new components. I am going to try to assemble the boards myself using a stencil and reflow. I have no experience doing so, so it'll probably be a catastrophic mess, but we'll see (I have all the equipment to do a good job, just no experience at it). Unfortunately, the fixes we discovered do not explain why the board SadSack assembled doesn't work, so we are no closer to solving that mystery.

I'll have everything in my hands in a couple weeks, and we'll go from there.

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21 Aug 2014 22:12 #25340 by mikemacwillie
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My offer still stands. :) Are the gerbers or an OSHpark link available for the new layout? I can order some boards and components and build a couple in parallel with you.

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22 Aug 2014 00:03 - 22 Aug 2014 00:04 #25341 by PhracturedBlue
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I'm going to give it a go. If it works, it will be much more efficient for me to do myself, and there's no better time to learn that the present.
The boards are here:
oshpark.com/shared_projects/oyIOtWyZ

The Eagle design is here (note it is 4 layer, and probably can't be opened in free Eagle):
PhracturedBlue@bitbucket.org/SadSack/universaltx-4-layer

I haven't created the stencil mask yet. It is likely some of the pads will need to be tweaked for that. I'm going to use OshStencil for the stencils, and it should only take a couple days, so no risk.

The BOM is embedded in the Eagle (use 'run bom-xs' to get it), but here are the order details:
Digikey:
Index,Quantity,Part Number,Description,Customer Reference,Available Quantity,Backorder Quantity,Unit Price USD,Extended Price USD,
1,6,490-6354-1-ND,CAP CER 1500PF 50V 10% X7R 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
2,14,490-1313-1-ND,CAP CER 10000PF 16V 10% X7R 0402,,14,0,0.01200,0.17,
3,40,490-1318-1-ND,CAP CER 0.1UF 10V 10% X5R 0402,,40,0,0.01200,0.48,
4,10,LSM115JE3/TR13CT-ND,DIODE SCHOTTKY 15V 1A DO214BA,,10,0,0.57700,5.77,
5,6,490-3244-1-ND,CAP CER 1000PF 50V 5% NP0 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
6,6,490-6333-1-ND,CAP CER 0.033UF 16V 10% X7R 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
7,22,490-6200-1-ND,CAP CER 15PF 50V 1% NP0 0402,,22,0,0.05300,1.17,
8,6,490-8173-1-ND,CAP CER 22PF 25V 2% NP0 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
9,6,490-6358-1-ND,CAP CER 2200PF 50V 5% X7R 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
10,14,490-5891-1-ND,CAP CER 1.5PF 50V NP0 0402,,14,0,0.02400,0.34,
11,24,490-6206-1-ND,CAP CER 1PF 50V NP0 0402,,24,0,0.04400,1.06,
12,18,399-7375-1-ND,CAP CER 2.2UF 10V 20% X5R 0402,,18,0,0.14300,2.57,
13,9,490-3266-1-ND,CAP CER 0.47UF 6.3V 10% X5R 0402,,9,0,0.10000,0.90,
14,14,490-6226-1-ND,CAP CER 2PF 50V NP0 0402,,14,0,0.04300,0.60,
15,8,863-1456-1-ND,RF SWITCH 4GHZ SP4T,,8,0,1.57000,12.56,
16,6,490-6473-1-ND,CAP CER 10UF 16V 10% X5R 0805,,6,0,0.30000,1.80,
17,6,399-7766-1-ND,CAP CER 1UF 10V 20% X5R 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
18,9,490-6257-1-ND,CAP CER 9PF 50V NP0 0402,,9,0,0.10000,0.90,
19,6,490-3240-1-ND,CAP CER 680PF 50V 5% NP0 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
20,6,490-6215-1-ND,CAP CER 1.8PF 50V NP0 0402,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
21,18,490-1293-1-ND,CAP CER 220PF 50V 5% NP0 0402,,18,0,0.03200,0.58,
22,6,490-8183-1-ND,CAP CER 120PF 50V 2% NP0 0402,,6,0,0.12000,0.72,
23,36,490-7762-1-ND,CAP CER 0.047UF 25V 5% X7R 0402,,36,0,0.07100,2.56,
24,6,PCD1900CT-ND,INDUCTOR 1.5NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
25,18,PCD1899CT-ND,INDUCTOR 1.2NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,18,0,0.09700,1.75,
26,6,PCD1905CT-ND,INDUCTOR 3.9NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
27,5,S6103-ND,CONN HEADER FEM 5POS .1" SGL TIN,,5,0,0.62000,3.10,
28,6,PCD1906CT-ND,INDUCTOR 4.7NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
29,6,PCD1903CT-ND,INDUCTOR 2.7NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
30,6,535-10372-1-ND,INDUCTOR THIN FILM 3.1NH 0402,,6,0,0.11000,0.66,
31,6,PCD1901CT-ND,INDUCTOR 1.8NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
32,5,670-1190-1-ND,CONN USB RCPT MINI B 5PS R/A SMD,,5,0,0.97000,4.85,
33,5,WM5587CT-ND,CONN UMC RCPT STR 50 OHM SMD,,5,0,0.73000,3.65,
34,6,PCD1914CT-ND,INDUCTOR 22NH 2% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
35,6,P22KJCT-ND,RES 22K OHM 1/10W 5% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
36,6,PCD1909CT-ND,INDUCTOR 8.2NH +-.2NH 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
37,6,P56.2KLCT-ND,RES 56.2K OHM 1/10W 1% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
38,6,P1.0MJCT-ND,RES 1M OHM 1/10W 5% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
39,5,535-10916-1-ND,CRYSTAL 26MHZ 10PF SMD,,5,0,0.74000,3.70,
40,6,P10KJCT-ND,RES 10K OHM 1/10W 5% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
41,6,P200JCT-ND,RES 200 OHM 1/10W 5% 0402 SMD,,6,0,0.10000,0.60,
42,10,SER3628CT-ND,CRYSTAL 16MHZ 9PF SMD,,10,0,0.52600,5.26,
43,5,CTX833CT-ND,CRYSTAL 12MHZ 10PF SMD,,5,0,1.23000,6.15,
44,14,490-8180-1-ND,CAP CER 100PF 50V 1% NP0 0402,,14,0,0.05300,0.74,
45,5,952-2325-ND,2X5 POS DIL VERT PIN HDR,,5,0,0.58000,2.90,
46,9,445-4896-1-ND,CAP CER 10PF 50V NP0 0402,,9,0,0.10000,0.90,
47,6,490-8210-1-ND,CAP CER 4.7PF 50V NP0 0402,,6,0,0.11000,0.66,
48,6,497-1241-1-ND,IC REG LDO 3.3V 0.8A SOT223,,6,0,0.54000,3.24,

I also needed to order the stm32f072cbt6 from Arrow (Digikey has them on Backorder)

And I ordered most of the RF chips from AliExpress:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/new-hope-RFX2401C-RFX2401-QFN16/1600370579.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/a7105-7105-A71X05AQFI-Q-2-4G-CHIP-Amiccom-QFN20-100-New-and-original-in-stock/1951719166.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/nrf24l01p-nrf24l01-24l01-NORDIC-QFN20-100-New-and-original-in-stock/1869315895.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CYRF6936-40LTXC-CYRF6936-6936-Cypress-QFN40-100-New-and-original-in-stock/1855062870.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-10PCS-LOT-X-Original-CC2500RTKR-CC2500/669514533.html
Last edit: 22 Aug 2014 00:04 by PhracturedBlue.

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22 Aug 2014 00:07 #25342 by mikemacwillie
Replied by mikemacwillie on topic Single-Board Universal Module
I have an eagle professional license for my work, so opening them is no issue. Thanks for putting the list together, I'll go ahead and get parts ordered. Really looking forward to having a universal module with a single PA and antenna. Thanks for putting the list together, and good luck with your build!

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22 Aug 2014 15:53 #25348 by PhracturedBlue
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Be aware that we have no indication that this board actually works. i don't know any reason why it wouldn't, but we don't have a working prototype yet.

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22 Aug 2014 16:09 #25349 by mikemacwillie
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Of course, but if it doesn't I might be able help figure out why. I've been using Deviation for quite a while now, and if there is any way I can help contribute, I'm happy to do so.

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25 Aug 2014 05:12 - 25 Aug 2014 05:12 #25386 by john
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Sadsack , plz come back and report result testing :woohoo:
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25 Aug 2014 23:01 #25393 by PhracturedBlue
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FYI, I did hear from SadSack. He has not completely disappeared, which is great news.

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02 Sep 2014 13:49 - 02 Sep 2014 13:50 #25462 by john
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maybe he is testing range :)
Last edit: 02 Sep 2014 13:50 by john.

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