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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 06/28/2016 at 22:060 Comments

After a couple of rounds of revisions to add access for ALL of the pads, including external USB port support and the ability to mount a crystal on the board post assembly, I ordered some boards from PCBway, which came in less than a week!

They were very good about checking with me regarding my instruction to cut a hole in the board for the crystal, which was in my plans, but maybe not completely obvious. There were also some places where I had surface mount pads with holes in them that might have been confusing, but they paid attention to my notes. They sent me an email with a completely updated set of Gerber files as well as this picture from their hardware showing where they made changes.

I really appreciate them taking the time to verify that with me. I wasn't expecting that much service, especially from an overseas company, so it was a pleasant surprise, considering that I had only ordered $10 worth of boards!

My total order was $45. $25 of that was shipping. I spent $10 on these 5 boards, and another $10 ordering 10 single-sided MIDI I/O boards, of which they sent 11!

They also had free finger boards available, so I ordered a set of those. No doubt those are generated as waste area when panelizing boards and so mostly free for them, but if I had to buy those in the store they would cost me more than my entire PCB order.

The next step is for me to actually solder a few of these up! But I am out of Teensy boards, so I'll have to order more before I can try it out.

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