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17 Jan 2014

A Star is Born!

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I've made and a PSoC 4 Controller PCB and Star LED board and both work very well.

The plan is to have lots of stars and light up the galaxy.

 

Although a PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit can be used for ISP and debugging, I have used a MiniProg3. The operating procedures are identical.

 

Hard to see on the photo but there are two LEDs on the Controller PCB. One is a standard Red LED (unlit in the photo) and a WS2812B RGB LED.

The connectors are inserted from the other side of the PCBs.

I have also provided some additional I/O connection points for feature expansion.

 

What I like about the PSoC 4 is its ability to operate with next to no external components.

 

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Here is a close up of a the milled PSoC 4 controller board.  It is very simple as was made to test the limitations of the Milling process.

It proved that my set up is capable of supporting TQFP44s with a 0.8mm pitch.

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    DAB over 11 years ago

    Hi Monte,

     

    Another Stellar post. image

     

    Seriously, I like the simple board you made with the PSOC.

    Cypress has done an excellent job of integrating all of the normal components into the chip itself so that you can indeed make a single board computer with little effort.

     

    DAB

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    DAB over 11 years ago

    Hi Monte,

     

    Another Stellar post. image

     

    Seriously, I like the simple board you made with the PSOC.

    Cypress has done an excellent job of integrating all of the normal components into the chip itself so that you can indeed make a single board computer with little effort.

     

    DAB

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