Feeler - Touchscreen OBC with Megasquirt CAN interface, extra sensors, outputs, etc.

[mikey.antonakakis]

Boards got here early. Pretty ridiculous that I can order custom PCBs, with SMD assembly, on a Friday, and have them the next Friday from China.

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[mikey.antonakakis]

Big order from DigiKey arrived yesterday, and an order of Deutsch Connectors are out for delivery today. PCBs should be here Tuesday!

[mikey.antonakakis]

Also, PCBs have finished production and awaiting DHL pickup. Need to place a DigiKey order tonight for various odds and ends, such as the Teensy boards, pin headers, etc.

[mikey.antonakakis]

This is very cool - are you planning on conformal coating the boards? I am trying to pin down whether or not I want to go the conformal route for my check panel project.

Thanks! Your project is looking pretty awesome too!
Wasn't planning on conformal coating - mine is designed more as a development board, where the user can configure to their use case using jumper wires (or I can configure for them). It will be going in a sealed enclosure (sealed enclosure with a vent is another option), so water ingress should not be an issue.

[JehTehsus]

This is very cool - are you planning on conformal coating the boards? I am trying to pin down whether or not I want to go the conformal route for my check panel project.

[mikey.antonakakis]

Order placed for 15 PCBs! Should have in 2 weeks (maybe sooner).

[mikey.antonakakis]

Board revision finished, maybe. Need to go back and double-check some stuff, make sure I'm not forgetting anything. I think I may order 15 of these to start.
I will have to order the VR sensor signal conditioner IC separately and solder by hand. Nothing spells fun like 0.5mm pitch surface-mount soldering!

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[Panici]

PCB design updates well underway. Kind of a lot to it, so far I have the schematic updated and I still need to redo the actual layout. But, I am having a design review today with the design firm that's helping with the PCBs I've done at work, so their recommendations will get rolled into this one.
Oh, it's getting a 3-axis accelerometer, too (ADXL362, +/-8g max). No gyro/magnetometer on this one - I haven't found any with good analog signal processing before they digitize it. Gyro would really only be helpful if you really wanted to record yaw rate.

This project has me hyped!

[mikey.antonakakis]

PCB design updates well underway. Kind of a lot to it, so far I have the schematic updated and I still need to redo the actual layout. But, I am having a design review today with the design firm that's helping with the PCBs I've done at work, so their recommendations will get rolled into this one.
Oh, it's getting a 3-axis accelerometer, too (ADXL362, +/-8g max). No gyro/magnetometer on this one - I haven't found any with good analog signal processing before they digitize it. Gyro would really only be helpful if you really wanted to record yaw rate.

[Panici]

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Certainly looks like a quality enclosure and connector setup.

[mikey.antonakakis]

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[mikey.antonakakis]

In addition to those 15 bulkhead connectors, I ordered 3 full kits (enclosures, bulkhead connectors, harness-side connectors, pins, etc) from a different supplier. Two of the three kits are missing a major component, lol. Honestly looks like someone raided the kits to fill orders for individual parts.

[Panici]

Bulkhead connectors arrived. They are keyed so you can't mix them up:

Pretty fancy!

[mikey.antonakakis]

Bulkhead connectors arrived. They are keyed so you can't mix them up:

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[It's Soda Not Pop]

Whoa cool! I think that should be doable in several different ways. Do you know how I can find more details on how to program the set points or installation instructions or something? That might help clue me in on how it works.

https://www.e30ig.com/Installation%20instructions%20and%20operating%20manual_v3.pdf