I am hoping on a bit more range than that with an actual wlan connection. Already have the boards built and should have a matchport later this week so I will see how it works then.
A big part of this was just a learning experience / excuse for me anyway. The quality of the PCBs from batchPCB was decent and I have no complaints with the cost. For the MatchPort I donāt have a specific application in mind. Making a simple and tested PCB design available for anyone else desiring to use it was as much a goal as anything.
From the learning part though I already have another personal PCB project sketched up for my ROV once I get some info from a co-worker. Compared to some of what I do for work itās not a big deal but then again I only need 1 board and I sure donāt need the $150 of NRE/tool charges either. This entire MatchPort project was less than that and I think the process is easy to replicate on more complicated stuff so I personally feel like it was worth the expense.
Other than making sure the regulator was providing the 3.3V I have not had an opportunity to test this yet. Probably be later this week or this weekend.
Honest to god Iāve been bouncing between home projects and the ABB+BAP I bought that Iāve not done much more than power it up.
I did run into a āwhat is more usefulā situation with it though. Right now RS232 is connected as a DCE pinout with a DB9-Female, just like the ABB and SSC-32. This works fine if you are connecting the serial port to a PC. In application though the MatchPort becomes the host and you are emulating the PC port end via a wireless connection. So it seems to me that a DTE pinout DB9-Male connection would make more sense. The trade off is if you want to configure it using the serial port from the PC you would need a null-modem connection. Everything else you would connect it to would be a normal straight cable (or use the TTL header and bypass the DB9 entirely.)
Let me swap the DB9 type and fix the silkscreen errors and Iāll e-mail you the schematic and gerbers tomorrow after lunch EST and you can do what you would like with them.
Jim did you get those files ok? Is it explained well enough or do you need more information from me? Btw, all the parts on the BOM are RoHS compatible so anybody should be able to buy/build and use the thingā¦ even in the EU
Hello EddieB, honestly the whole thing dropped off my radar. I will ask Beth to set the files on the server and we will link them here. I have too many iron on the fire to take on the board right now.
Heh, no problem. I figured it was something like that but was not going to pester you about it either. I am actually looking at using one of mine for real here in a couple of weeks so thatāll be fun. The coding stuff has backed off in the last week or two here at work so I am actually looking forward to doing some more work on my projects at home. 8)
Any chance of getting a look at the files for this board?
I have a wiport that I just made a header board for, but am wondering what you came up with here?
Would you be able to email them to me? Only if you donāt mind.
Jim said he was going to ask Beth to put them on a server and link them so they will be available shortly Iād think.
I should point out that this board is for the Lantronix MatchPort not WiPort. Very different animal as the WiPort has a lot more stuff inside. The MatchPort is a simplified version that seems optimized for wireless use with their com port redirector.
I actually have some artwork started for the WiPort modules but it seems like everyone is so focused on cost that I didnāt bother to finish it. I really think that unless you need the (up to two) 930kbps serial channel(s) or have requested the CPK to develop your own applications for the WiPort that the MatchPort is the way to go. It is about half the price and has one 230kbps serial channel. I can make a WiPort breakout board if there is some real interest but it would be like a month before I get boards laid out, back from batchpcb, and built to test so it would not be a āquickā thing.
Looks like Iāll be sticking with what I have, It does the trick, so itās all good.
Itās a pitty I got my WiPort before the MatchPort was released, or I would have gone for that, but you get that. Itāll be MatchPort for me next time (if there is a next time soon). Thanks again.
Iām looking forward to getting my hands on one of those this summer. 
