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v0.4 Electrical Plan

Parkview785 edited this page Sep 13, 2022 · 10 revisions

TODO before v0.4 order

  • determine why/if battery 5V jump start is needed
  • test and integrate the external PDM microphone board
  • test more GPIOs - LED indicator, capacitive touch

Must Have Changes

Fix bugs from v0.3

  • connect 3.3VA to 3.3V
  • change TP4056 to correct package, or replace it
  • work with mechanical for better mounting holes
  • fix silk screen so all is printed
  • boards sometimes need 5V jumpstart to run off of 3.7V battery

Add Speakers

  • find smallest speaker we can use with ESP32 (see v0.4 scratchpad wiki page)
  • work with mechanical to get proper positioning
  • integrate into current board

More Microphones

  • select true I2S microphones (see v0.4 scratchpad wiki page)
  • change external microphone board to incorporate I2S microphone

Power / Battery Management

We need a more efficient power solution that works from ~4.3V down to ~2.7V to use the full range of our LiPoly batteries. We also need a discharge and charging solution that balances the batteries for safety and longevity. We also want a coloumb counter so we can always know the current charge state of the device.

  • choose battery scheme, charging IC(s), voltage IC, columb IC
  • integrate into board
  • see v0.4 scratchpad wiki page for list of possible chips to incorporate

Review

  • onboard CH9102 UART - is it working ok?
  • are the test points ok. Footprint ok?
  • chip antenna, acceptable range?

Maybe, good to have

LED indicators

  • choose RGB LEDs
  • work with mechanical to identify placement - on endpiece sensor boards?
  • integrate 2+ user-facing RGB LEDs into current design
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