11 Mar 2014, 14:33

far from finished... OneHandWirelessFront.png (200.83 KiB) Viewed 4453 times

First of all, I apologize for hijacking PJE's thread. If it's a problem - I will make my own, but I thought this belongs here, since this is PJE's layout and design.So, I've started working on the wireless version of the PJE's OneHand layout. Because of EagleCAD's board size limitations I've had to learn to use KiCad which was a pretty pleasant experience. On the whole I think it's a much better package than EagleCAD even not taking the Eagle's limitations into consideration. This is what I've got so far:This image is from an amazing piece of software called ZofZPCB. It takes the gerber files as input and creates a rotatable 3D representation of the finished PCB. It really is amazing.I am using the smaller CR1632 coin cell (upper left corner, under that SMD mosfet) because I could not fit the CR2032 on the board. I have a reverse polarity protection MOSFET and a through-hole mini USB socket for powering the LEDs. I've also added a breakout for programming the nRF and a breakout for UART.I've made all the components through-hole to make it easier to assemble. The only exception is the MOSFET, but that shouldn't be hard to solder.I still have to double check the component footprints, and think of where to put to mounting holes. Then I'll send the gerbers to a PCB fab. And then I'll start working on the firmware.I've attached the KiCad files of the board and schematic. I used the latest version, so you might have to upgrade if you want to open the files. I will probably make a google code project later on.All comments are more than welcome.