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Hardware support => Moteino => Topic started by: MotoDan on December 17, 2019, 06:25:36 PM

Title: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: MotoDan on December 17, 2019, 06:25:36 PM
Is there a schematic available for the latest R7 USB board? The latest one on github looks like R6. A PDF version would be great if possible.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: Felix on December 17, 2019, 08:10:43 PM
Actually R7 was an experimental revision based on this thread (https://lowpowerlab.com/forum/moteino/moteino-usb-reduce-ftdi-current-on-sleep/) in the forum, where the request was to add a mosfet to drive one of the serial lines into the FTDI chip.

That turned out to be redundant and "R7" always shipped with a short 0-ohm resistor instead, equivalent to R6 in terms of schematic/wiring.

The new "R6" is also equivalent to the old R6 (and R7) but adds a Reset button. Otherwise the schematic is the same as the R6 before R7 (lol).
The change being only functional and not behavioral, I wanted to revert to the R6 and keep it that way.

Sorry about any confusion. I should update the photos to reflect that, and maybe add a paragraph to document the shift in revision numbering.
Title: Re: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: MotoDan on December 18, 2019, 12:04:34 PM
Thanks for the update Felix. The  Moteino USB boards that I just received are marked R7 and do have the 0 ohm resistor added as you mentioned.

I don't see any board files for the  R6 (or R7) Moteino USB on GitHub. Any chance of adding those?
Title: Re: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: Felix on December 18, 2019, 03:15:56 PM
There's the R5 USB posted, pretty much the same but has HW radio, what are you trying to do?
Title: Re: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: MotoDan on December 19, 2019, 11:59:28 AM
I was just wanting to have a copy of the schematic that matches my new R7 boards.
Thanks
Title: Re: Moteino USB R7 Schematic
Post by: Felix on December 19, 2019, 03:21:21 PM
The R6 schematic here (https://lowpowerlab.com/guide/moteino/design-files/) is identical to the R7 circuit.