On 10/24/2022 4:36 PM, JIm McCullers wrote:

Is some of each acceptable?

Absolutely!

I need a couple Launchpad boards to work out the dimensions and header sizes needed for a daughter board. The documentation is sketchy to none.

That makes sense. I figure each active pacsat developer needs at least one and perhaps two Launchpad boards.

When do you believe the Raspberry Pi boards will be in? I want to do one while working on the Launchpad daughter board. If it's soon that would save one shipping.

OSHPark expects the panel on Thursday and will likely ship the boards to me quickly after receiving the panel. I expect the Raspberry Pi boards early next week. I'd expect each pacsat developer to need three boards at peak development to implement a two-up-one-down system. If I'm right, it might make sense to wait until the Raspberry Pi boards arrive. (For those that might be confused, the Raspberry Pi boards are a convenient way to develop using the AX5043 and can be jumpered to the LaunchPad... I've done that before.) (Also, to be clear, the Raspberry Pi boards require assembly with surface mount components. In particular the AX5043 has a ground pad making the use of a reflow oven beneficial. Admittedly it could be done with hot air and hand-soldering, too.)

As to the board you sent me, do you have the schematic available? I'll assume it's Kicad. Package it together with any support libraries and send it to me.

I'll switch to my other computer and pull up what I have. I won't have any software specifically written for that prototype board I accidentally sent you as I hadn't assembled one. But I think you'll find the AX5043 portion to be a lot like the V1.3 board with the addition of the second antenna connection. Thus, the software written for the V1.3 board should be functional on the prototype board.

Jonathan