Parallax Propeller Development Board DIY

I built a Propeller Dev Board that matches the layout of the Gadget Gangster Propeller Platform. The Dev Board I made is much more flexible as I can add on more standard features like an Analog to Digital Convertor (ADC) without having to add a shield.

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http://www.longhornengineer.com/DIY/PropDev

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[LauxHawk]

Sweet! You should try etching a board. I bet you could make it much smaller and a lot more reliable that way.

[TheLonghornEngineer]

@LauxHawk True. I added mroe stuff to the board recently. There is a 16x2 LCD and a 8 channel ADC on the board now.

[nathanallan1]

Nice! Got any plans for the rest of that board?

[TheLonghornEngineer]

@nathanallan1 Yes, I am going to add a ADC with 12 channels to the board.

[jacgoudsmit]

Nice work! But I would have put the Propeller and the EEPROM (and probably the crystal) in sockets and I would have put a heat sink on the 7805.

[TheLonghornEngineer]

@jacgoudsmit I would have to but I was on a tiny budget. Managed to throw this all together for under $20 before shipping from Digi-key. I have some heatsinks and if it becomes a problem I can add it.

[IndaDplaya]

hey thats really cool!

[TheLonghornEngineer]

@WakkoXtreme The Gadget Gangster which this proto board's layout copies is designed to be like the Arduino packages. One reason the Arduino is popular is that the "shield" setup makes adding hardware easy. The Gadget Gangster just takes this idea and implements it with a propeller microcontroller.