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jgromes / ESP32-1W-GroundStation

ESP32-based LoRa ground station

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Improvements for v3 #3

Open jgromes opened 3 years ago

jgromes commented 3 years ago

[x] Pads for other high-power LoRa modules
[x] Pads for OLEDs with different pinouts
[x] Alternative for CP2102 in non-QFN package

K4KDR commented 3 years ago

My #1 vote would be for a nice solid USB-B jack instead of the micro-USB. Installation difficulty aside, it seems like every device that I own with a micro-USB feels like it could break at any moment.

usb-b

jgromes commented 3 years ago

The micro USB port used here should actually be pretty solid, since it has THT "stubs" that fix it mechanically. But you're right that most micro USBs are entirely SMD and it's very easy to rip them off the PCB.

Come to think of it, we already have a DC power jack on the board, which is similar in size, so there's really no upside to using micro-USB.