[arm-allstar] Market for pre-soldered usb fobs????

[Dave Miller]

I have designed both a Cape for BBB and a board for the RP!2 that has a
CM119 on it along with a few other goodies. They are not as cheap as a $3
dongle but have some good features and should have decent performance.
I have to do some final testing but the BBB is Rev 2 so it should work.
If they is any interest I and try to get to testing them soon.
I can make them available as a bare PCB or assembled based on interest.
All parts except CM119 are available from Digikey if I recall.
If there is any interest I am happy to share some boards or prebuilt with a
few people for testing. My interest seems to be more in designing and
building the boards then testing them fully ;-)  Please send me emails
directly.
Dave
VE7HR/ VE7PKE


On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:00 AM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hear varying comments from hams about not being able to solder the COS
> and PTT signal wires to the CM108 chips in the low-cost fobs.
>
> Personally, I find the soldering easy to do, it's mostly about technique
> used and having a good quality soldering station--but, I've also done
> -lots- of surface mount assembly work in a previous life.
>
> It's worth noting that once you've built a perhaps three fobs from $3
> adapters, you've saved enough money over purchasing pre-built URI's, etc.,
> to buy a quality temperature-controlled soldering station (I use a Weller
> WESD51).
>
> So, I'll ask the question: is there a market for pre-soldered fobs? I'm
> not talking a completed interface, just the COS and PTT wires attached,
> like seen in this photo:
>
> http://hamvoip.org/photos/P1040026.JPG
>
> BTW, I'm NOT trying to get into business! But, just wondering....
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2015, Pierre Martel wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > He already destroyed 4 fob and the New one he got are all blob  not the
> > chips.
> >
> > Too bad it wont work with i/o
> >
> >
>
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