Announcing miniPro - mini prototyping board for all boards (NEW blue production run)
Bill Henning
Posts: 6,445
Hi Guys,
FedEx dropped off the initial production run of some of my new boards; I will be posting announcements for them between now and UPEW.
First up is miniPro - a 2.70"x1.15" high density prototyping board
MiniPro is designed to fit:
- 10 pin connector on Parallax proto boards
- 10 pin connector on my boards
- 2x5 .. 2x10 connectors (including ucontroller.com's SpinStudio)
- Jon's/Gadget Gangsters Propeller Platform (except for Vin)
As usual, Sapieha worked his usual PCB magic!
Sapieha's layout increased the number of through holes by almost a factor of two compared to my original version. Holes are bussed in two and three pin groups, and there are power and ground busses as well.
I am attaching a large JPEG below.
This first run has a green solder mask, as I forgot to specify blue to my pcb manufacturer; future runs will be made with a blue solder mask.
miniPro is available immediately.
Introductory Pricing:
one for $3.75USD + s/h
three for $10.00USD + s/h
five for $15.00USD + s/h
As of June 15th, prices will be:
one for $4.50USD + s/h
three for $12.50USD + s/h
five for $20.00USD + s/h
Paul was kind enough to point out that I did not provide ordering instructions... so I am adding them here:
- send an email to "mikronauts atsymbol gmail dot com" with your address so I can figure out the shipping
- I will need the email address you use for PayPal, so I can send a PayPal invoice to you
- I normally make two runs to the post office a week, so it will be sent within a couple of days of payment
FedEx dropped off the initial production run of some of my new boards; I will be posting announcements for them between now and UPEW.
First up is miniPro - a 2.70"x1.15" high density prototyping board
MiniPro is designed to fit:
- 10 pin connector on Parallax proto boards
- 10 pin connector on my boards
- 2x5 .. 2x10 connectors (including ucontroller.com's SpinStudio)
- Jon's/Gadget Gangsters Propeller Platform (except for Vin)
As usual, Sapieha worked his usual PCB magic!
Sapieha's layout increased the number of through holes by almost a factor of two compared to my original version. Holes are bussed in two and three pin groups, and there are power and ground busses as well.
I am attaching a large JPEG below.
This first run has a green solder mask, as I forgot to specify blue to my pcb manufacturer; future runs will be made with a blue solder mask.
miniPro is available immediately.
Introductory Pricing:
one for $3.75USD + s/h
three for $10.00USD + s/h
five for $15.00USD + s/h
As of June 15th, prices will be:
one for $4.50USD + s/h
three for $12.50USD + s/h
five for $20.00USD + s/h
Paul was kind enough to point out that I did not provide ordering instructions... so I am adding them here:
- send an email to "mikronauts atsymbol gmail dot com" with your address so I can figure out the shipping
- I will need the email address you use for PayPal, so I can send a PayPal invoice to you
- I normally make two runs to the post office a week, so it will be sent within a couple of days of payment
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Comments
It turned great; I won't be able to resist trying one tomorrow.
The new Proteus is also looking great, I'll post about it tomorrow.
Looks like the last pin (+5v) has a link.
One thing Bill not mentioned.
ALL Mounting holes are 40mils -- That give possibility to mount most of components in them (even machine pins)
It has a short link to the hole beside it, for easy access - is that what you mean?
All the holes do allow you to see through it easily
Just wait until you see how many holes the new Proteus prototyping board has... I will be posting that later today.
(I think more than 2x the number of holes of the original Proteus prototyping board on my site)
Not only does it allow mounting machine pins, it allows putting 2-3 wires/leads per hole as well.
Sorry, I have not set up a store yet - email me at "mikronauts atsymbol gmail dot com" with your address so I can figure out the shipping. Then I will need what email address to send a PayPal invoice to so you can pay me. I normally make two runs to the post office a week for mailing out items people have purchased.
Thanks,
Bill
Paul
Hanno
ExpressPCB would have a fit if I tried to order a board like that...
However I should point out that the price in the first post is an introductory price for the forum guys...
I will be raising the price mid-April to add sufficient margin for distribution.
(distributors want 35%-50% off from MSRP)
Check out my other new prototyping board at http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?130665-Announcing-Proteus-an-advanced-4.00-quot-x3.05-quot-prototyping-board
That has even more holes... Sapieha does crazy nice layout work!
I only have a few green ones left, but until I run out of them, you can order miniPro's in either green or blue.