After having made a design, you want to test it. And run it. And make software for it. In my case, the
software will mainly be written for Linux and DOS with Mocka and with Tcl/Tk. With makes porting it to the
other system rather easy.
In many an occasion, I have a PCB made. In fact: I may have several PCB's made. And on this page I offer these
extra PCB's for sale to the worldwide population. I will not overcharge. And I don't want to undercharge
either. Therefore I present a full list of parts (Bill of material) in each project file. My 'profit' is in
the engineering charges. The shipping charges are need to get the things to your part of the world.
Everybody is talking about the PIC programmers made by Jens Madsen en Feng San. As soon as you decide it's
this programmer you would like to use, you end up with a surprise: you will have to make the PCB yourself.
Not anymore. I have made a batch of PCB's according to the Feng San (RCD) and Madsen (JDM) specifications.
These are bare boards. Elsewhere on this site you can find more details about populating the boards. You need
dedicated software, like PonyProg, to run the programmers.
Pricetag: JDM board = € 6, RCD board = € 6, Combo board (RCD plus JDM) = € 10
Worldwide free shipping.
The picoSam 32 is a slow oscilloscope or a fast data logger, to be run off the parallel printer port. It was
made for the serious programmer. I supply the hardware, examples of the programming algorithms and you do the
porting to your language (and operating system) of choice.
Pricetag: board = €10, kit = €20, assembled = €30.
Worldwide shipping : €3
Okapi is the optically koupled AVR programmer interface. But you can use it with other microcontroller
families, as long as they are programmed serially and in circuit, where you need no more than 2 outgoing and 1
incoming signal.
Okapi 3 comes on a fully populated first class printed circuit board, mounted to a plywood base. This gives it
a firm stand and the chance of accidental short circuits (due to metal scraps laying around on your desk) is
minimized.
Okapi 3 is not only a programmer. It is also a snooper device. All programming signals are monitored via LED's
so that you can see what's going on in real time. So if you are developing your own AVR programmer software,
you need an Okapi 3!
Pricetag : €10 for the PCB, €20 for the parts kit, €30 for the fully assembled version.
Worldwide shipping : €3
Poes is the 'Power over Ethernet System' adaptor. It can be used with UTP cables in 10/100 Mbps networks for
carrying one extra signal (or Power/Ground) over the unused pairs of the CAT5 cable. POES comes as a set of
two populated PCB's.
Other companies refer to similar products as PoE injectors. Most of them demand the power to be delivered
through a 2.1 mm barrel connector.
| PoES |
Competition |
- cut the power cable in two
- prepare the four ends
- insert the four ends in the Springcon connectors
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- cut the power cable in two
- prepare the four ends
- solder a 2.1 mm barrel connector on each end
- insert the barrel connectors in the sockets
|
With POES the third step becomes very fast and simple. For the competition this is the most time consuming
step: soldering a barrel connector to each end. Count on 5 minutes per connector.
Not for POES: just insert the stripped wire ends in the POES connector, close the clamps and you're online!
Pricetag : €7 per set
This is a feedback device for programmers, but it is also a simple yet affordable and flexible I/O system. It
features seven buffered outputs, four LED's, three open collector outputs, six protected binary inputs, two
level presence detect circuitry, on board adjustable power supply.
Pricetag : €22 per unit
Serilux is a very simple feedback device for programmers. One bicolour LED is connected between two pins of
the serial port. The art is to make the LED cycle through Red, Green, Off.
Pricetag : €5 per unit
GBexx is a buffer board with a dual purpose: as an extender board for getting the signals out of the Gameboy
and, in the mean time, buffering the most important signals. The board is errorfree. But I never tested it
with a live add-on. So the direction of the databus buffers may be faulty.
Pricetag : €1 per unit
This is a design from 1993. We sold many units over the years and the first one has yet to be returned. So the
design must have been good. Features: 12 relay outputs, fully buffered interface, 5 optically coupled inputs,
on board power regulator, two channel serial bus outputs.
Pricetag : €75 per assembled unit. €10 for a bare PCB. €40 for a parinocard without the relais
installed. Use the button on the right for quick payment.
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