ESP32-S2 Version of a Raspberry Pi CM3 - Page 1
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author: Informatic0re
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 09, 2023, 08:25:29 am
content: Hey Guys,I made a ESP32-S2 Board in the footprint of the SO-DIMM-DDR2 which is the same as a Raspberry Pi CM3 and I also made it pin compatible with it!I am also running a CrowdSupply campaign where I am looking for help to make the project real:https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-things/openthing-1-esp-cm3<--So please help me and subscribe in the link above if you are interested.But of course the project is also fully open-source! You can find the project on Hackaday:https://hackaday.io/project/189526-so-dimm-esp32-s2-cmor also on GitHub:https://github.com/open-thngs/so-dimm-esp32-cmIt is OSHW Certified already as well. So if you are eager to help me, give me feedback or anything! I would be very happy about it.Thanks! Tell me what you think or also just ask questions!

author: barshatriplee
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 07:51:49 am
content: It's fantastic. Where did you print this PCB from?

author: Informatic0re
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 09:07:12 am
content: You mean the supplier for the PCB? I am always using PCBWay or JLCPCB for my prototypes because it seems to be the fastest. But once I am producing more I am going with a German PCB Assembly company (because I am living in Germany). It is not as cheap but also not very much more expensive. And I save customs and tax if I do that - and as well I have real contact person which I can talk to if there are troubles.

author: MMMarco
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 09:10:38 am
content: Quote from: Informatic0re on June 09, 2023, 08:25:29 amI generally like the idea of people asking for monetary support for their hardware/software projects but it strikes me a bit odd that you would make your very first post on this forum about your project.

author: Informatic0re
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 09:26:03 am
content: I totally understand that - I also do not feel very happy about it because I would feel the same way tbh.My issue is I only need 5 more subscribers to get to the next stage with that Project so it actually can be crowdfunded so I thought I give it a try in this Forum.As well: I am not selling anything right now and I do not ask for money, I am just simply looking for people who are interested in this project. Of course I could fill this missing 5 subscribers with fake-mails or whatever, but whats the point of doing that, right? And as far as I understand this category where my post is in, it says: "show off". Thats actually what I am doingBut yes - I am not really active in this Forum or any Forum, I just prefer other ways like the Hackaday project pages or similar. And yes - I created the account just to ask and "show off" because I am missing this damn 5 subscribers. I hope you can forgive me

author: Georgy.Moshkin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 02:19:54 pm
content: Interesting project. What would be optimal smt so-dimm connector model to put on my board if I use this? Last time I've checked landing patterns and accompanying board holes looked pretty different for each manufacturer, and I couldn't figure out which part is most popular non out-of-stock solution.

author: Informatic0re
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 10, 2023, 10:21:20 pm
content: I made a programmer board for this project but also in another project I used this one:https://www.mouser.de/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity/1612618-4?qs=VZ9FDhhp7Sns0cx%252BBFDasQ%3D%3DThat works very well for me so far.