[TriEmbed] nevermind Re: Best esp32 board w a few constraints

Pete Soper pete at soper.us
Mon Nov 15 14:12:42 CST 2021


I think I may be better off making cardboard models  or put energy into 
a white board for the short term.  A daughter board for a 100 pin device 
that needs to solder in place with .1" headers involves 
geometry/mechanical skills where my execution speed is off by orders of 
magnitude.

-Pete

On 11/15/21 14:40, Pete Soper via TriEmbed wrote:
>
> Don't need help, thanks. The v0.01 board will be what it will be. Was 
> flirting with dropping out of the fun zone but recovered. :-)
>
> -Pete
>
> On 11/15/21 13:47, Pete Soper via TriEmbed wrote:
>>
>> Thanks again, Josh. I appreciate it. Got to go with the Adafruit 
>> huzzah lib 'cause of time. Actually, I'm in trouble and need 
>> somebody(s)  good with Eagle to swing by and help if possible. I was 
>> expecting OSH Park to say I could get it to them tomorrow. Another 
>> mistake.
>>
>> -Pete
>>
>> 919 270 9433
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/15/21 13:39, Josh Wyatt wrote:
>>> Negative on the eagle, I apologize.
>>>
>>> But I found these:
>>> https://grabcad.com/library/mh-et-esp32-d1-mini-eagle-1
>>> https://easyeda.com/search?wd=esp+wemos&indextype=components 
>>> <https://easyeda.com/search?wd=esp+wemos&indextype=components>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:30 PM Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Sorry for the confusion. Do you have an Eagle lib for this? Have
>>>     to upload to OSH Park by 6pm.
>>>
>>>     THANKS!
>>>
>>>     Pete
>>>
>>>     On 11/15/21 13:21, Josh Wyatt wrote:
>>>>     The link I shared was for ESP32 boards. What I was trying to
>>>>     convey (and maybe was miscommunicated, yay email!) is that
>>>>     these linked ESP32 boards seem to follow a form factor and
>>>>     convention of prior/historical ESP8266 boards, and therefore
>>>>     bring some additional consistency. I attached a screenshot of
>>>>     the page that loads for me, from that Amazon link.
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>     Josh
>>>>
>>>>     On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:16 PM Peter Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks very much, Josh. Agree with point about pin
>>>>         conflicts. But did i go to the wrong page? I want to use an
>>>>         esp32 not 8266. This is for the "0.01" versuon of the
>>>>         community project board.
>>>>
>>>>         Nov 15, 2021 1:11:29 PM Josh Wyatt <dragojdw at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>             This is sort of an indirect response to your question,
>>>>             but my experience is that the more complex and
>>>>             "featured" the dev board, the less consistent. For
>>>>             example, for boards with onboard 18650 battery holders
>>>>             and Liion charger, OLED display, and even onboard LEDs
>>>>             will be on different I/O ports. So my guidance would be
>>>>             to choose the simplest boards available, which is sort
>>>>             of antithetical to the "dev board" concept.
>>>>
>>>>             I've had pretty good luck with consistency on the
>>>>             "wemos esp8266 clone" boards, presumably because
>>>>             the Wemos D1 mini became very established with the
>>>>             8266; search on amazon for "esp32 d1 mini." Here's a
>>>>             link:
>>>>             https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Internet-Development-Functional-Ardu-ino/dp/B08MFCC4SR/?th=1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             You mentioned soldering footprint, and that one's not
>>>>             super friendly; but it should be pretty consistent
>>>>             since the design tries to adhere to the original
>>>>             ESP8266 Wemos D1 Mini form factor.
>>>>
>>>>             You mentioned Amazon specifically, so I assume you're
>>>>             prototyping?
>>>>
>>>>             Thanks,
>>>>             Josh
>>>>
>>>>             On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:38 AM Peter Soper via
>>>>             TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 What esp32 dev board soldering footprint should be
>>>>                 used on a board combining this with other stuff
>>>>                 where it has to be 1) obtainable reliably 2) offer
>>>>                 wifi and BT and 3) be cheap? I see many cheap on
>>>>                 amazon. Are their pinouts de facto standard? And
>>>>                 finally, anybody got an Eagle lib for this board?
>>>>                 Or could you make and send me an .lbr for it?
>>>>                 Thanks in advance.
>>>>                 Pete
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