PROTO-E protype development board - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 03, 2015, 09:57:35 am
content: Fresh CF campaign on Indiegogo.http://igg.me/p/1177304/x/10232118We offer you prototyping PCB. A bit different one.Protoboards on market are mostly for TH (Through Hole) components and off course it's also supported here.But you can combine it with other components since there is lot of SMT and one TQFP32 soldering place.And pinout is fully compatible with Arduino UNO R3 boards so it's a solid start for any new Arduino shield.The fact is... you can also make your 'duino compatible board using this PCB.Please take a look at the campaign and share this link with other people.All contributions, comments, suggestions and questions are welcome.Thank You,Proto-Electronics Teamhttp://proto-electronics.net

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2015, 02:42:48 pm
content: Interesting board, but I find it a little cramped. If you look at your first photo, do you think you would be able to solder a wire between the DIL socket and the 7 segment display without melting one of them?Also the QFP breakout having only one hole per pin is a bit too little. At least two would help. Or, if you don't want to put two holes, put there a larger but solid pad (with no via) to solder things on. Like this I would end up soldering e.g. a pull-up resistor, a cap and a wire to a button to the same pad anyway because it won't all fit in the hole.

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 07, 2015, 08:51:13 pm
content: Hi janoc,Thank you for your interest about our PCB.1) This istwo sidedboard and you can easily solder wires onbottom sideto connect 7 segment with DIL or any other component (check right photo with both sides displayed)2) Same answer for TQFP. You can use same hole both on top and bottom side and you have your 2 holes to connect it with other components. If you need a specific design solution withproto-ewe can help.Hope you're satisfied with the answer. If you have any other questions we'll be glad to answer it too.Proto Electronics team

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 08, 2015, 10:01:47 pm
content: Top and bottom side of proto-e:

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2015, 10:05:55 pm
content: Show us a project you did with this board.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2015, 10:40:59 pm
content: Too small to be very useful IME - on any prototype you'll only use a subset of the footprints available.If you rotated the SO area to make it a single, long row, it would give you the option to use SO18,20,24 and 28 instead of only 2x up to 16 pinWith a larger board with more stuff on it, you can use what you need and chop off any unused areas for other things.

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 09, 2015, 01:20:28 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on April 08, 2015, 10:05:55 pmI thought you'll never askSo, this board is real and here is one (fast) project with it. Date, time, humidity and temperature readings.Photos from my Facebook page.Modules and components used:Arduino UNO, PROTO-E, LCD1602, DHT11, Tiny RTC, 10k trimpot, wires...Scheme:Bottom side... wiring... hardcore. I agree... could be better...Top side, and it's working...Code:// libraries & Init:#include <LiquidCrystal.h>#include <dht.h>#define dht_dpin A2dht DHT;#include <Wire.h>#include <RTClib.h>RTC_Millis RTC;// LCD pins setupLiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);void setup() {// LCD initializationlcd.begin(16, 2);lcd.print("Initializing...");Serial.begin(57600);// following line sets the RTC to the date & time this sketch was compiledRTC.begin(DateTime(__DATE__, __TIME__));delay(1000);}void loop() {// set cursor @ row 1, pos 1lcd.setCursor(0, 0);DateTime now = RTC.now();DHT.read11(dht_dpin);lcd.clear();lcd.print(now.day(), DEC);lcd.print(".");lcd.print(now.month(), DEC);lcd.print(".");lcd.print(now.year(), DEC);lcd.print(". ");lcd.print(now.hour(), DEC);lcd.print(":");lcd.print(now.minute(), DEC);lcd.print(" ");// set cursor @ row 2, pos 1lcd.setCursor(0, 1);lcd.print("H=");lcd.print(int(DHT.humidity));lcd.print("% ");lcd.print("T=");lcd.print(int(DHT.temperature));lcd.print("C ");delay(3000);}More projects coming soon...

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 17, 2015, 04:45:49 pm
content: New Arduino compatible prototyping boardVisit our campaign page:http://igg.me/at/proto-e/x/10232118Shrinkify your Arduino projectsThank you,Zeljko Krnjajic from Proto Electronics team

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 23, 2015, 07:54:42 pm
content: Avoiding SMD components in prototyping or using bunch of various adapters?Working with Arduino?Solution is here:Visit campaign page @indiegogo:http://igg.me/p/1177304/twtr/10232118Share your thoughts about this product with usZeljko from Proto Electronics team

author: protoboy
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 31, 2015, 10:30:22 pm
content: Last hours of campaign...BigTHANK YOUto all contributors and helpers.Zeljko from Proto-Electronics Team