RE: I am developing an open source sensor beacon board

Schnegg — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:17:02 GMT

Nice project. Due to the reason, that the repository on github is closed, is there another way to get the design file?

Thanks Patrick

RE: I am developing an open source sensor beacon board

Roger Clark — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:40:23 GMT

Have you seen this

www.kickstarter.com/.../ruuvitag-open-source-bluetooth-sensor-beacon

RE: I am developing an open source sensor beacon board

zelin — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:43:50 GMT

Thanks puz_md. Your suggest is valuable and I have reworked a new version :)

RE: I am developing an open source sensor beacon board

puz_md — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:24:01 GMT

Nice idea, although I don't like the shape very much (sharp edges). Might look 'special' but reduces usability. At least make clean 90° edges on the upper right and lower left corner. I personally prefer plain square/rect shapes or round shapes like the nRF51-Beacon with battery support.

Also, I think some (two or more) holes for installing the board somewhere would be nice to have (e.g. for robotic projects).

Are you sure you need the DAPLink interface? I'd rather have a common JLINK interface (did you know, you can use the debugger on Eval boards for beacons like this). So I think the DAPLink will only consume space and increase cost and complexity... and JLINK headers are a must-have for such a project anyway (don't know if they can be implemented additionaly to the DAPLink).

If you want to use a proxmity sensor, I suggest the CapSense sensors from Cypress, very reliable. Please no capacitive 3D gesture sensors. Simple gestures like Swipe or Push can also be implemented with the CapSense. I think optic gesture sensores would be a bit too much for this design. Light/brightness sensor is ok.

Battery charging: Might be nice if this supports wireless charging (Qi, connector for coil).

Maybe USB support would be nice to have, too. Have you considered using the new nRF52840?

Finally, it would be nice to have a coarse estimation of the production cost. To make this board available to a large maker community, mass production is needed to reduce the cost. Maybe you want to create a kickstarter project if you have a working prototype?

Anyway, I like the idea and I wish you good luck with your project!

RE: I am developing an open source sensor beacon board

David — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:43:39 GMT

very good