zombees

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1. 31.▲
   by zombees 11y ago

   In general you can't really do bga with osh park without fudging their specs significantly. Some have been able to do it but you tend to end up with peeling traces. Also, don't forget shipping on all the bits and pieces.
2. 32.▲
   by zombees 11y ago

   It's worth noting that for a lot of applications (anything with UART for instance) you still want to use a crystal. Almost all of the micros on the market have an RC on die but it's usually better to just pop a crystal on the boar
3. 33.▲
   by zombees 11y ago

   I feel like its about time Lattice got some attention. Their development environment is way nicer for enthusiasts and it's usually pretty easy to use their stuff in projects. Xilinx by comparison only has free IDE support for some mi
4. 34.▲
   by zombees 11y ago

   Instead of 30? No, it typically costs a lot to do one-off pcbs. Even through a batching service (where you share a large panel with other people), they'll still usually make you pay for a few of them. Also, all of the components are
5. 35.▲
   by zombees 11y ago

   ice40UL1K is a $1.60 for a single bga unit on digikey. Probably well under a dollar wholesale. Add in a few cents for a crystal, some capacitors, pin headers, a vreg, and the pcb, probably costs $1-2 to produce. I should mention that some