Hi all,
I have been a user of the Sparkx Qwiic Iridium 9603N in many devices and enjoy using it. It is no longer being sold, so I have decided to JLCPCB the boards and reflow my own version.
To that end, I am wondering if sparkfun would be willing to circulate the original BOM and firmware flashing protocol for it, so that users may continue on with the product… Or at least put eyes on a bom of my creation.
Best,
Hi Evan (@Evan_Lahr ),
The SparkX GitHub Repo is still live and valid. The Eagle PCB files and firmware source code and binary are all on there. Eagle is still available - just - so you should be able to open those files and create a BOM yourself. If there are any parts you’re struggling with, let us know and we’ll give you the full part number. You can do that here, or open an Issue on GitHub. There is a BOM of sorts here that may help. It’s not completely up to date. We changed from press-in nuts to reflow standoffs on the final design.
Are you planning on asking JLCPCB to populate the board? Or are you thinking of populating them yourself - by hand? Just some friendly advice: the Samtec connector is really challenging to do by hand. It’s very easy to end up with shorts between the pins - which are actually blades. I’ve spent many hours reworking those on personal projects…
For the programming, you’ll need a Pocket AVR Programmer plus the Pogo Adapter.
Let us know if you need more help,
Paul