jerome arul

makes (almost) anything


for input week, i want to play with light.
• create signals with photo transistors.
• harvest energy from a solar panel.

OP520DA phototransistors in archshop
1206 pad, similar to an LED to hook up.
the opaque lens seems to work within a narrower range of light wavelength.

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A4950 driver pinout


for output week, i want to work with motor drivers. these available drivers in archshops:
ZXMHC3 - drawer labeled "MOSFETS (OLD)" - can't find package in eagle library
A4953 - 40V 2A (8 Pin)
• A4950 - 40V 3A - same SOIC package
A4982 - microstepping

reference of fabacademy project using A4950


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beam bot concepts - pcb as chassis

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phototransistor and driver on same board

board design
i'm inspired by junk bots / beam bots.
particularly solar engines or solar harvesters.

• SAMD21 mcu
• h-bridge / mosfet driver
• JTAG / SWD

i want to consider mobile power supply
such as solar panels and capacitors


questions:
• how to adjust pwm in c++
• how to design in a solar panel as external power supply
• how to route input, mcu and output into same board?

eagle
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"ph-driver" schematic

to do:
• cut 3.3V vcc line for JTAG SWD
• move photo transistors onto mcu side of board
• place driver ic's on far side of board
• SAMD21 pwm pins - not 2, 7 or above 13

couldn't find the specific drivers in the fab library,
so i found a 8-pin SOIC packages, use Search in libary manager

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"ph-driver" layout



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note: illustrator artifact

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adjusting via hole size

made a mistake with my first board
export dpi was 150, not 1000

terminals for motors need holes or vias
i used illustrator to size some extra holes

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wrong dpi

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1000 dpi



mill / stuff

milling the board

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clean board

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solder paste


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solder paste on board (too much)

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reflowed

heating plate didn't work to reflow solder paste
my board got too toasty instead
tried to use solder paste on every component (not good idea)

so i touched each pin with the iron to reflow


bootload
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open ocd error : no jtag

no green light on ATMEL ICE
Error: unable to find a matching CMSIS-DAP device
Error: No Valid JTAG Interface Configured.

ugghh...

Assume there's no power to the board, or short somewhere
checking shorts with a multimeter, everything's connected !!
i.e 5v is connected to GND !

reviewing my schematic, phototransistor is also wired incorrectly.
there is no VCC line.(see below





back to breadboard
back to basics

okay so plan b, let's just hook up this motor to a solar panel.
i have these 5.8V solar panels that were from a reject pile.
they work fine, the leads needed to be resoldered.


then wire in the diode (IN4007 instead of a schotty) and a capacitor.
on a breadboard.

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source: bitbang

Ah is stored charge in battery
1 Ampereâ‹…hour = 1 Coulombâ‹…hoursecond = 3600 Coulombs

Supercapacitor rated in Farads and Voltage
Ah= Farads*V/3600
= 1*5.5 / 3600
= 0.00152777777 Ah
= 1.53 mAh

Solar panel: 3.3 Wp 5.8V (imp: 567mA, isc: 613mA)

panel straight to motor

with capacitor and diode (not really)





resolved in week 10

pin out was wrong, need analog pins.
southside pins won't work:
pin 22 > PA23
pin 20 > PA19

pin-out northside:
pin 1 > PA00
pin 3 > PA02 - ANALOG
pin 5 > PA04 - ANALOG
pin 7 > PA06 - ANALOG

debugging phototransistors
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v1, v1.1, v2

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phototransistor breakouts


since i can't bootload both v1 and v2
debug with leonardo
aren't burnt out

Leonardo: I can read voltage on the phototransistor breakout board,
but not through phototransistor
only use ANalog pins

phototransistor doesn't work, only resistor values

phototransistor breakouts

debugging with a Leonardo


once bootload and serial print started working, it was easier to debug!

pinout to pin 2

phototransistor breakout

had to use the northside pins
pin 2 was available and analog

also, flip the hot side and GND!

value is between 500 and 1024
resolution of ADC.

phototransistor test sketch

detects light!

check out week 10 for more on this board