Transmitting below, hard to make it out but it’s receiving. Let go and voila, not receiving! On break for a day or two.

From left to right: V4.1, V4, V3, V3 circuit boards.I like the purple ones best but they just don’t have the turn around time of APC.In other news SRM seems [ … ]

My board was designed for OSHpark’s 6/6 mil process, however APcircuit is a 7/7 mil process. I’ve asked them to go ahead, but it voids any guarantee of functionality so [ … ]

And so it begins. Again. I’m going to submit it to APcircuits in Alberta today or tomorrow. Problem is the drill holes are too small. Question is do I spend [ … ]

Nordic says don’t copy or use the EK and DK schematics as a reference . They say use the specific reference schematics and layout but design the antenna yourself. I [ … ]

After getting the last of the balun’s soldered I still can’t get it to transmit. It’s getting stuck at sd_softdevice_enable. I’ve tried everything. No luck. It indicates either: The 32.768 [ … ]

A friend of mine tweeted today:“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” – Kurt VonnegutSince Friday (July 5th) I’ve jumped off [ … ]

I’m trying to reflow my circuit boards I recieved. Test 1 failed, test 2 in the oven cooling after a two stage reflow attempt. More details to come, but suffice [ … ]

The PCB’s arrived today. Six of them! So I have five I can ruin. I generally have good luck with PCB’s but I suspect this time I will not be [ … ]

This is broken down into a low volume startup company, and an even lower volume at home company. Breakdown is that both end up with products around $750. More after [ … ]