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A project log for Megsy? A homebrew Teensy 3++

Creating a double-sized Teensy 3 to allow easy access to the pins that aren't reachable on a breadboard.

t-b-trzepaczT. B. Trzepacz 05/06/2016 at 12:440 Comments
I haven't even really had a chance to use the protoboard version that I soldered up before, but I had a brainstorm and CAD'ed up this PCB.
Here is the plan:
You tin the pads on the Teensy with solder, and tin the pads on the top of this board. Put all the headers on and slide the teensy ALL THE WAY DOWN, so the pads on the teensy are actually resting on the pads on this board. Then, flip it over and heat the vias with your soldering iron. Hopefully, the solder on the other side will melt and make a nice connection with the teensy board without bridging any connections. It's sort of a poor man's BGA! (That's ball grid array, for the layman).

There are a couple of nice design features I want to mention.


This should give you access to 10 additional digital pins (6 of which can also be analog input pins), and 5 analog pins (one of which can be the 12 bit DAC output.) In otherwords, you can now work with everything not on an edge facing pin header. This should be handy when trying to use the various Teensy add-on boards like the Teensy audio board and/or the TFT display.

I'm sure, right about the time I finish this, Paul will release a real Teensy++ with even more features. Which is the preferred situation, really.

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