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mmccoyd / hillside

Family of split ergonomic keyboards with three rows of five or six keys, aggressive column stagger, generous thumb arc and optional bottom utility keys
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Is the C1 decoupling capacitor necessary for a Nice!Nano build? #25

Closed cbuhl79 closed 1 year ago

cbuhl79 commented 1 year ago

I'm building a wireless Hillside 52 using a kit from Beekeeb. The kit didn't come with a capacitor, and the Parts list says that capacitors are needed only for the Hillside 46 (presumably, this is for the C2 and C3 capacitors on that board though).

Is this capacitor necessary? Is it just a safety measure?

cbuhl79 commented 1 year ago

I found the answer here: https://github.com/mmccoyd/hillside/wiki/Wireless%20Nicenano%20Parts

The capacitors mitigate power surge when turning on the battery. They are already present on the nice!nano MCU, so are not needed with that wireless MCU