Projects that either:
Take a look at a curated (and more research-oriented) list here.
This page is far from complete (and so is this whole site, actually). I will upload some pictures and add some description at some random moments I feel pleased to (or have enough time to).
Contents
(September 2018)
Corrigendum
The silkscreen designator “WiFi” in the lower right corner of the carrier board is incorrect. That connector was for an nRF24 wireless module, which does operate at 2.4GHz but does not implement any IEEE 802.11 technology.
Controller: EK-TM4C1294XL of Texas Instruments
(October 2018)
Controller: STM32F103RCT6 of STMicroelectronics
(2019)
Ta-da! From now on, we’ve stepped into the era of Raspberry Pi.
(2020)
However, this joy didn’t last long: we felt increasingly frustrated by complaints from those Pis about poor power supply1, basically because most micro-USB (for model 3B/3B+) chargers and cables are not exceptional enough to feed these monsters.
So we turned to some serious switching power supplies, with some really exceptional specs like 5V 20A (!) or more. Check this picture to get a sense of how conspicuous it looks compared to the prototype itself.
Note well, this also means we are bypassing the micro-USB port at all and directly powering Raspberry Pis through their 40-pin headers. As a result, the protection2 around the USB circuit is bypassed as well. Remember to replicate it on your own design right before entering the headers, if you do care about safety, and about these adorable Pis3.
More information about this version can be found here and here.
(2021)
This version kind of necromances many exciting bits of previous ones, like microcontroller, battery, power monitor and so on. It also, of course, brings even more fun.
The Noctua fan is connected to the carrier board (via the standard interface you may find on your PC’s motherboard) and is thus fully controllable!
Advisor: Yan Yuan
By the way, here’s my user bar:
There are many indicators: (1) the output of vcgencmd
utility
(2) kernel log messages
or (3) a ⚡ icon
if you’re connected to a display. Horrible, isn’t it? ↩︎
Refer to the upper left part of this schematic, essentially, a resettable fuse (“MF-MSMF250/X” or equivalent), a TVS (“SMBJ5.0A” or equivalent), and optionally several capacitors. ↩︎
In hindsight as of 2023, it was a clever move. Curious why? Open the website of your local sales, and check the current stock and price. ↩︎
