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  • Author Author: tabarus12
  • Date Created: 30 Sep 2013 2:22 PM Date Created
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Ultimate RPi breakout board

tabarus12
tabarus12
30 Sep 2013

Hey all.

 

Im building the ultimate RPi breackout booard, one the separates the pins by their protocols and provides voltage output for each diferent protocol and extra voltage outputs for what ever is needed.

 

It even indorporates a logic lever shifter for the GPIO pins that have no specific protocol, I downloaded the logic lever converter from a page that sell the board or the diagram to build it and its very simple in construction you only need a mosfet and two resistors for each pin and the coolest thing of it is that its bidirectional to be used as an output or an input as well.

 

Here is the board witout the level converter circuity, Ill update with the circuitry finiched and the diagram to build it.

 

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I added various indicators and placed the resistors for the logic level converter in place and connected ready for the transistors to mount the converter, soon the whole thing will be ready.

 

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Now added a Logic Level Converter for aditional GPIOs on the P5 connection on the RPi RevB next to the main GPIO connection.

 

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The board has a 5v in/out or a 3.3v in and out, each logic level come qith its corresponding voltage on the vcc pin.

 

And to complement all that, the RPi case, included with a 5v fan to avoid overheating and all the outputs I need.

 

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All including a looking glas for the leds wich looks realy cool when its on and a sleek base to install it on furniture or the wall and not worry abbout moving it arround.

And since I am doing remote desktop using the XRDC library on the pi I dont have to worry about keyboard, mouse, monitor or even epeakers because I can use the laptop for that its allmost like a server on the house only this one is capable of comunicating and interacting with the enviroment though the GPIOs.

 

 

Ill keep you guys updated when I get the parts to make the converter and post the schem when its done, Ill even upload a video if I can, till next time.

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  • bodgy
    bodgy over 12 years ago

    Look forward to seeing your completed project.

     

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