#pcb #board #bringup
After getting my PCBs from PCBWay https://www.pcbway.com/, the next obvious step was to get it soldered and flash in a simple blinky LED. But I was surprised to realize how long that took! Then I realized that there is such a thing called the "Board Bring-Up" and it does take a long time. Hence, I share a 7-step board bring-up process while making a custom Arduino board for a LoRa-GPS tracker based on Arduino Zero microcontroller SAMD21G. We will be using a J-Link EDU Mini to upload the bootloader and then test out the simplest Blinky LED along with the GPS, LoRa, and E-Ink subsystems.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS AND RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
0:29 Board Bring-up
1:02 Visual Inspection
2:10 Soldering
3:06 Powering up
4:14 Bodge wires
5:28 Bootloader https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/boo...
6:55 Custom Arduino board https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/cus...
8:30 Blinky LED https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/hel...
9:08 Sensors and displays
9:25 LoRa TX https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/lor...
9:34 LoRa P2P https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/lor...
9:47 GPS Fix https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/gps...
9:59 E-Ink https://hutscape.com/oak/examples/eink
10:08 Outro

🛍️ PRODUCTS MENTIONED

2x5 10-pin 1.27MM pitch connector for SWD
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9yyfdT

Waveshare 1.54inch E-Ink display black/white e-paper 200x200 resolution https://amzn.to/3BrwFW4
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Aa47iU

HopeRF LoRa RFM95 module
https://amzn.to/3BvDgis
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A49mJI

🎩 DEMO FILES
Project Oak https://hutscape.com/oak/hardware

📺 WATCH NEXT
A case study of LoRa-GPS tracker    • A case study of LoRa-GPS tracker and ...  
SMD Stencil soldering    • SMD Stencil soldering - perspectives ...  
Uploading Arduino bootloader on a new micro-controller    • Uploading Arduino bootloader on a new...  
Using LoRa for P2P    • Using LoRa for P2P half-duplex long r...  
Displaying on E-Ink screen    • Displaying on E-Ink screen with vario...  
Getting started with a GPS module    • Getting started with a GPS module // ...  

🔗 LINKS SHOWN
Flying probe test    • Part 13 - Electrical Test / PCBWay PC...  
Arduino platform specs https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli...

🎼 MUSIC AND VIDEOS USED
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
Cosy by Prigida https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/cosy
License code: 2RZTS2Y2R5UCCCXU
How WonderfulCutesy Chamber Ensemble https://uppbeat.io/t/cutesy-chamber-e...
License code: L4VZ4TLGTM7R7NRV

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🔌 TOOLS USED
https://hutscape.com/tools