I’m quite new to this, and I’ve been working on designing an expansion board for the uConsole (uEXC). My goal was to add more GPIOs, a camera connection, and several I2C pins, which is exactly what I needed for my projects.
Since I don’t own a uConsole yet, it’s impossible for me to test the board myself. That’s why I’m reaching out to the community to ask for help with reviewing the PCB design and the schematic. Any expert eyes or suggestions would be hugely appreciated before I send it off for manufacturing.
I based this design on the excellent work of other community members, particularly these resources:
the camera fpc need to go through a hole to the outside. what’s your plan about this? basically two options: 1. through the antenna hole, mount camera on top; 2. through the expansion card side plate, mount on side. 1) will be easier to mount imo, because you can leverage the back plate screws like the SDR quickmount project. 2) is also viable, because you can design a custom side plate which has mounting facilities.
the plan also depends on the placement of camera fpc connector – currently it’s at the bottom of the card, and it looks like it’s pointing downwards. for 1) I recommend place at the bottom, facing upward, or place at middle, facing left; for 2) I recommend place at top, facing downward, or place at middle, facing right.
I recently received my PCBs from JLCPCB, but I still haven’t received my uConsole yet. If anyone is interested, I’m happy to send the PCBs — you would only need to cover the shipping costs and supply the components yourself.
Please note that I don’t have the camera connector at the moment, but I’m planning to purchase that component soon.
I don’t sell just pay shiping cost but i don’t have the equipement for soldering camera conector, bot i can send to You the conector too worldwide varities from 10 USD to 20 recently send to Canadá 10 USD cheers
hi there i not sell, you only need pay the shipping cost, but now in my country Chile can’t send via estate mail to US then only can send to us via courrier like dhl these cost over 30USD, but if you live other countries its about 20 usd to the most expensive, like europe, in canada its about 10 usd cheers
Me too. I think I’ll wait for at least 6 months. Nevertheless, I don’t need it for Wi-Fi hacking, LoRa, or other connectivity tasks. I’m more interested in Arduino, ESP32, and STM32 projects when I talk about the uConsole, so your uEXC board is a perfect solution for me. How can I order it with delivery to the US? Thanks.
its not tested
