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StephenBlackWasAlreadyTaken / xDrip

Android Application that collects dex signals, allows calibrations, and uploads
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Wixel Surgery - Broken 3v3 #162

Closed square-eyes closed 7 years ago

square-eyes commented 7 years ago

Disappointed to report the 3v output eyelet ring has pulled out of my Wixel board.

I'm not using pins and had to re-seat the solder joint as the wire was not sitting correctly. Removing the solder resulted in the eyelet pulling clean off the board with no way to reconnect the 3v wire.

Can any of the other terminals be programmed or can I otherwise replicate the function of that terminal, or can the BLE draw power from the VIN?

What would be the consequence of the latter?

garidan commented 7 years ago

The BLE can draw power from the 3V in, or you can use the XBridge schema and draw power from and I/O pin

square-eyes commented 7 years ago

How would I use the XBridge schema? - By that do you mean edit the source to controll another I/O in place of the 3v3?

garidan commented 7 years ago

I mean just that, but you don't need to change source, it's already done in XBridge. look here, there is a PDF with documentation and schema. It just uses a I/O pin to drive current to wixel. Than you can configure it to keep it always on or to switch it off when not needed. https://github.com/jstevensog/wixel-sdk/tree/master/apps/xBridge2

garidan commented 7 years ago

You just use that wxl to reprogram wixel. PDF is well done, read it then if needed ask me here