Cheaper than Teensy

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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Oxodao » Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:05 pm

GnobarEl wrote:Sorry for the dumb question.
What are the advantage of using this solution rather the GPIO pins from RPi3? Isn't cheaper and faster? Also supports multiple press.
(unless we need the GPIO pins for other stuffs).

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Same deal, lots of wires, it takes more space. Plus the RPi3 has a quite bad power consumption for a portable console..
And we are lazy, this is nearly plug and play once you've done the hardware part. Your solution require some kind of virtual joystick and such, if you need for any reason to format your SD card, you need to do everything again. Here it is handled as a controller, it works instantly
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by GnobarEl » Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:35 am

Hi,

it makes sense. Thanks for your explanation.

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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Oxodao » Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:44 am

As said on this topic: http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 4&start=10
It would be kinda nice to have usb audio on the board too, wouldn't be ? Though not sure this is really required since we can do it from the raspberry pi itself
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Helder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:47 am

I'm including the audio buffer for the PWM audio and not much room for anything else but if there is I will add an audio amp to drive the speaker but not guaranteeing it though.
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Fleder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:00 am

Helder wrote:I'm including the audio buffer for the PWM audio and not much room for anything else but if there is I will add an audio amp to drive the speaker but not guaranteeing it though.
Are you some kind of chinese factory? Man, you are insane :)
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Helder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:10 am

Lol I have another surprise that is included in the board that will make it a super easy install but I'll wait to reveal everything once it's all done and in my hands.

I have 5 of the atmega32u4 chips on hand so I can only sell those to a few testers at a discount before I can fully offer these to everyone, and before I get bombarded with PM for testers I have some in mind already so sorry (Fleder you can be one of the testers if you'd like).
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Fleder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:19 am

Helder wrote:Lol I have another surprise that is included in the board that will make it a super easy install but I'll wait to reveal everything once it's all done and in my hands.

I have 5 of the atmega32u4 chips on hand so I can only sell those to a few testers at a discount before I can fully offer these to everyone, and before I get bombarded with PM for testers I have some in mind already so sorry (Fleder you can be one of the testers if you'd like).
Thank you kindly, but unfortunately that would be wasted on me, since i already have all the parts at hand and also i am going the USB DAC route. So thank you, much appreciated, but i think it will be better to send it to someone who actually can use and test it thoroughly.
And by the amount of users interested, i don't think you will have a lack of persons to send it to :D

Ah, so you take the 32u4s apart and use those parts in your prototypes? That sounds like a lot of work, but a lot of fun, too.
Good luck with that. I am still interested in your builds and maybe future projects, if i haven't dismissed myself with my refusal :lol:

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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Helder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:24 am

I don't remove the components from the boards that you can get (although it's cheaper this way sometimes), I ordered the parts brand new and just the atmega not anything else. If this all works out well enough I will order more but expect to sell out fast once I do, I also plan to have the regular board with some extras for people who don't want the integrated atmega so there will be options.
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Fleder » Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:30 am

Helder wrote:I don't remove the components from the boards that you can get (although it's cheaper this way sometimes), I ordered the parts brand new and just the atmega not anything else. If this all works out well enough I will order more but expect to sell out fast once I do, I also plan to have the regular board with some extras for people who don't want the integrated atmega so there will be options.
Oh, i mixed up the chip with the whole module, sorry.
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Re: Cheaper than Teensy

Post by Oxodao » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:05 am

I would buy one obviously, since I'm making the code that would be nice to be able to test this, PM me as soon you have what's needed, want to be #1 tester :p

By the way, have you programmed them with Arduino bootloader or do you make a header to do this ?
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