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LCD Daughter Board #16

Closed campbellsan closed 10 years ago

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

I have a small number of LCD daughter board PCB's. If there is demand, I'll get more made. Also, if there is demand, I will put together the parts for a kit.

Please indicate your interest by leaving a comment attached to this issue. Please say whether you would like a kit or just a PCB.

ptamike commented 11 years ago

I'd very much like a pcb but if you're putting together a kit I'll go for that as well. Thanks,

Mike

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

If you want one now, I'd get a PCB, the parts are all quite easy to source.

I'd need a few tens of folk to make it worth bulk purchasing kit parts and I don't know at this stage when (or even if) that will happen.

To order a daughter board, just click the normal link for purchasing a Bare Guzunty PCB and indicate you really want an LCD daughterboard using the PayPal "instructions to seller" feature.

You do need to build the Guzunty in "Hybrid" configuration using one of these http://www.adafruit.com/products/1112

The daughter board is then built with the header that ships with the Guzunty kit. The daughterboard also requires two 1x17 female headers. I suggest you get the kind that come in strips of 40 and you can break them to length.

Derek

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

Are the PCBs still available? Steve

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

Yes, the demand is such that I will keep them in stock, though not yet sufficient to justify a kit.

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

Hi,

Wow, that was fast! How much are the boards? How can I pay you?

Regards,

Steve

On 20 November 2013 10:06, campbellsan notifications@github.com wrote:

Yes, the demand is such that I will keep them in stock, though not yet sufficient to justify a kit.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Guzunty/Pi/issues/16#issuecomment-28875717 .

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

Github notifications are a wonderful thing :-)

The daughterboards are the same price as a Guzunty bare PCB. You just use the same link to order, but add a note that indicates you really want a daughterboard. Lazy I know, but I'd rather be developing cool uses for Guzunty than mess with Paypal buttons. They're not much fun. :-)

Also, just a reminder that you need a Guzunty built in Hybrid format. Have a look at the comment above and the daughter card wiki page for more details.

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

Thanks a lot...

My guzunty arrived on monday and I made it that afternoon. Very nice kit....

Steve

On 20 November 2013 10:13, campbellsan notifications@github.com wrote:

Github notifications are a wonderful thing :-)

The daughterboards are the same price as a Guzunty bare PCB. You just use the same link to order, but add a note that indicates you really want a daughterboard. Lazy I know, but I'd rather be developing cool uses for Guzunty than mess with Paypal buttons. They're not much fun. :-)

Also, just a reminder that you need a Guzunty built in Hybrid format. Have a look at the comment above and the daughter card wiki page for more details.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Guzunty/Pi/issues/16#issuecomment-28876089 .

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

Thank you! For such a tiny board, we put a lot of thought (and iterations) into it.

Just making sure, but when you built it, you did use a long pin 2x13 Pi header socket, right? and kept back the one supplied in the kit for the daughterboard?

Don't want you disappointed and/or confused when the daughter card arrives…. :-)

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

Er, no....the daughter board was an after thought :-(

May be I need to buy another Guzunty with the long pin socket, do you have the sockets?

It's only money and I bought the Guzunty to learn about CPDs. Using one with an LCD looks somewhat permanent. Especially as I intend to use them for a radio receiver/transmitter...

On 20 November 2013 10:30, campbellsan notifications@github.com wrote:

Thank you! For such a tiny board, we put a lot of thought (and iterations) into it.

Just making sure, but when you built it, you did use a long pin 2x13 Pi header socket, right? and kept back the one supplied in the kit for the daughterboard?

Don't want you disappointed and/or confused when the daughter card arrives…. :-)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Guzunty/Pi/issues/16#issuecomment-28877097 .

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

Oops, glad I asked. Well at least you know.

Lots of people have come back to us for a second or even third Guzunty, they are low enough cost that you can keep one or two in alternate configurations you find useful. If you order a Guzunty and daughter card together, I have discovered I have the ability to refund you a bit of the shipping and handling.

Sorry, but we don't keep the long pin headers in stock. This is very much a not for profit project and we have limited storage space, so we have to be quite careful about taking on additional stock items. We did consider shipping long pin headers with the kit as standard. However, we decided not to proceed with that idea because using a stacking header compromises the protective feature of the design.

As an alternative to Ada Industries, the Pi Hut carries them in the UK.

http://thepihut.com/products/extra-tall-gpio-connector-for-the-raspberry-pi

Hope that helps.

campbellsan commented 11 years ago

Just as a general comment for all readers, I don't recommend trying to remove the short pin header from an already assembled Guzunty. Trust me, I've tried it.

Even equipped with a solder sucker and desoldering braid, at least one of those 26 pads will likely come away from the PCB and you go from Standard Guzunty to no Guzunty.

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

If you really have to do it use a hot air rework station....personally I would rather pay the money for another kit :-)

On 20 November 2013 11:28, campbellsan notifications@github.com wrote:

Just as a general comment for all readers, I don't recommend trying to remove the short pin header from an already assembled Guzunty. Trust me, I've tried it.

Even equipped with a solder sucker and desoldering braid, at least one of those 26 pads will likely come away from the PCB and you go from Standard Guzunty to no Guzunty.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Guzunty/Pi/issues/16#issuecomment-28880359 .

G0XAR commented 11 years ago

Hi, Just ordered another Guzunty and the display board :-) plus a couple of displays from Sainsmart....thanks for all the effort!

On 20 November 2013 12:06, Stephen Farthing squirrox@gmail.com wrote:

If you really have to do it use a hot air rework station....personally I would rather pay the money for another kit :-)

On 20 November 2013 11:28, campbellsan notifications@github.com wrote:

Just as a general comment for all readers, I don't recommend trying to remove the short pin header from an already assembled Guzunty. Trust me, I've tried it.

Even equipped with a solder sucker and desoldering braid, at least one of those 26 pads will likely come away from the PCB and you go from Standard Guzunty to no Guzunty.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Guzunty/Pi/issues/16#issuecomment-28880359 .

campbellsan commented 10 years ago

Closing this issue as part of a site clean up. LCD daughter boards will remain available as long as there is demand for them.