TF1230 Beta Interest (Open Source)

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Well I wasn't careful enough when clicking the order button on Mouser... received 100 0201-sized capacitors. I can barely even see them. I have a few but not enough the right size. Why, when I search for 0603 do they show me 0201? I know metric/inch are confusing here but annoying to learn the lesson this way.

Any reason not to just 1uF 25V caps in their place? They all appear to be for decoupling.
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Aeberbach wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:09 am Well I wasn't careful enough when clicking the order button on Mouser... received 100 0201-sized capacitors. I can barely even see them. I have a few but not enough the right size. Why, when I search for 0603 do they show me 0201? I know metric/inch are confusing here but annoying to learn the lesson this way.

Any reason not to just 1uF 25V caps in their place? They all appear to be for decoupling.
A MLCC 1uF will do the same job really. Yeah.
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0201.. hehe do not sneeze.. :)
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You have to solder while holding your breath :-)
And you have to drink a lot before soldering so that your hands do not shake ;-)
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Hello all just checking that this puppy just needs the usual 5v & approx 20 milliamps of juice to programme outside, like the other TF cards.

Just checking before I let out the magic smoke :lol:

Many thanks.
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Looking at 0201 I’m scared of even inhaling.
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markus0321 wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:07 pm You have to solder while holding your breath :-)
Aeberbach wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:46 pm Looking at 0201 I’m scared of even inhaling.
It's time to use those surgery masks that we had to pilestock those recent years... :D
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Just finished it and no time for a proper memory test yet but RC1 firmware flashed and it fired right up. I’m really liking this design. The enable 030 jumper looks perfect for running a switch to disable when things really don’t work with a faster CPU.

(And my capacitors were 0805; slightly harder to solder on 0603 pads but it worked.)
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Aeberbach wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:17 am Just finished it and no time for a proper memory test yet but RC1 firmware flashed and it fired right up. I’m really liking this design. The enable 030 jumper looks perfect for running a switch to disable when things really don’t work with a faster CPU.

(And my capacitors were 0805; slightly harder to solder on 0603 pads but it worked.)
Strongly recommend choosing the assembly option to people. They'll do all that birdseed for you. Saves hours.
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Aeberbach wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:17 am Just finished it and no time for a proper memory test yet but RC1 firmware flashed and it fired right up.
Good to hear you have it up and running :)

Just put together a custom 31 ROM with the eide.device included. Now the IDEs on the TF1230 & 1260 work straight-up no other boot device required. Not a difficult process, and there are number of tutorials available.

I did notice the 1260 boots quite a bit faster than the 1230 using the latest eide.device.
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