• Future development

    Piotr • 04/14/2024 at 10:52 • 0 comments

    Hardware was design. I order 30 assembled boards in china.

    For now priority is software. Right now all hardware is tested:

    • LED is blinking
    • BME communication is working
    • All inputs can be read
    • CAN bus send and receive frames

    Right now I work on application, as a main board I use Olimex ESP32-EVB-EA-IND and finally I want to have all data from modules accessible by HTML or MQTT.

    Second small improvement will be designing small board with connectors which allows easier connector cables to the board.

    If you have any idea of connector type which suits here... let me know.

  • Board design

    Piotr • 04/14/2024 at 10:40 • 0 comments

    Board was design in KiCad. Schematic and board below:

    Design is quite ordinary without any fancy solutions.

    Optocuplers on the inputs are on the same ground as rest of the circuit, but it is much easier, cheaper and smaller solution then resistor divider and protection circuit.

    A little problematic was connection between BME280(3,3V) and PIC(5V), but fortunately microchip have bulid-in SMBus hardware support which allows to work without any additional hardware.


    Talking about BME280: small gap in ground was made for thermal isolation (we will see how it works in future). Second future are three holes near BME. I made them for future, because I plan to play with pressure measurement and it allows to connect some small manifold.