First example of Nanode RF - built up in Shenzhen, China, by Toby Yu. 13/11/2011. Some boards will be part assembled like this in China, in a small workshop, bringing employment to 4 engineers. These boards will be sold locally and also exported to the western countries.
In readiness for sales commencing in early December - here's the new Nanode RF pcb - hot off the line - manufactured in China.
As you can see - we are entering a blue phase. The board is immediately identifiable with the large footprint in the bottom left hand corner to accept the wireless RFM12B module, and the H logo is now perforated with an 8 pin DIL socket - to accept the new plug in expansion SRAM.
Other than that, changes are few :-
1. Additional green LED indicator
2. Three extra resistors
3. Extra 3V3 regulator
4. mini USB socket for powering
On the underside of the pcb there are a few extra features:-
1. The footprint for the micros SD card - on the bottom right hand edge.
2. A 8 pin soic footprint to take another memory device (SRAM, FRAM, Flash) as an alternative to the micro SD card.
3. A real time clock and calendar chip, with accompanying super-capacitor and 32kHz crystal - underneath the ATmega328.
3 comments:
The PCB looks very smart in blue! I am desperate to get my hands on a couple of the Nanode RF kits. Any idea when/where I can get hold of them in the UK?
Hear, hear! How can we get our hands on one in the UK?
Donal
Contact us at nanodenanode@gmail.com
We generally receive payment by Paypal at that email address
Nanode Classic Kit £25.00
Nanode RF Kit £30.00
Nanode RFX - ready built & tested £40.00
Please add 75p postage for each board ordered.
We will next be shipping on Wednesday 28th December
Happy Christmas
Ken
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