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Well here is the idea. A board with a Picaxe and a Arduino on it (Picaxe 28x2 and Arduino 328). It will have I/Os from both of them and one programming port. There will be space for both chips. You can use one, or the other, or both. Maybe use one as a slave. I would think this would be good for people who want to start off and cant decide between either. A side by side comparison if you will. All programmed with one port and one FTDI cable. I have started work on a schematic. Any comments / ideas? I have researched programming a Picaxe with a Arduino FTDI cable. All it takes is a hex inverter chip. After that it seems pretty easy. Here is a price estimate
- PCB $4
- Arduino 328 $4
- Picaxe 28x2 $10
- L293d $4
- Resistor array chip (for picaxe) $0.60
- Sockets, headers and discrete components $6 or less.
Just a estimate but probably all under $30
USB FTDI cable is $17
Here is version 1.1. Still the inputs for the motor drivers are not connected so i have to decide how i want to do that and which outputs from the microcontrollers i want to use. I also showed today that it was possible to program the picaxe with a arduino FTDI. I have updated the eagle file too. So if i do make these i will probably only order one batch of 10. I will keep a few and sell/give the the others. But it needs refining before that point. I would just sell the PCBs and provide a list of needed components.
Taking oddbot's advice, i have made the power traces larger in some areas. ALOT LARGER. I made the schematic less confusing so i will post it here. Thats a Picaxe 28x1 on it.
Here is version 1.3. I changed a few things. Wired inputs to the motor drivers using for the picaxe output 0,1,2,3 and the arduino uses outputs 2,3,4,5. Also i changed the resistors to be mounted vertically. I would call it done unless i need to fix some things.
i have attached the updated schematic and board eagle files. Also i attached the pictures that are above so you can see the board and schematic bigger without having to download eagle.
