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Expanding the Building Block Ecosystem

2026-08-11🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #Embedded Systems  #Microcontrollers  #ATtiny1614  #PCB Design  #KiCad  #Protoworks  #Building Block Boards  #UCMOD  #RS485 

Sending the first UCMOD microcontroller module and the latest revision of the Isolated RS485 Building Block Board off for manufacture.

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Designing a Modular ATtiny Microcontroller Board

2026-08-04🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #Embedded Systems  #Microcontrollers  #ATtiny1614  #PCB Design  #KiCad  #Protoworks  #Building Block Boards  #UCMOD 

Starting the design of a compact ATtiny1614-based microcontroller module with a standardised 20-pin connector for use across a range of carrier boards.

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Completing Rev A Testing of the Isolated RS485 Board

2026-07-24🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #RS485  #Isolation  #PCB Testing  #eFuse  #TPS25947  #Building Block Boards  #Protoworks 

Completing communications testing of the Rev A Isolated RS485 Building Block Board and planning a revised eFuse-based input protection circuit for Rev B.

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Testing the Isolated RS485 Building Block Board

2026-07-16🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #RS485  #Isolation  #PCB Testing  #TI ISO1430  #Building Block Boards  #Protoworks 

Initial testing of the Rev A Isolated RS485 Building Block Board, including its isolated power supply, reverse-polarity protection, overvoltage protection and RS485 driver outputs.

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Isolated RS485 Building Block Board

2026-07-03🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #RS485  #Isolation  #PCB Design  #Building Block Boards  #Protoworks 

Designing an isolated RS485 building block board with isolated power, input protection, configurable termination and biasing, and separate logic-side and bus-side grounds.

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Planning a New Weather Station Revision

2026-06-26🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #WeatherStation  #ESP32  #RS485  #Data Logger  #Building Block Boards  #Protoworks 

Planning a new revision of the workshop weather station project, with ideas for ESP32-C3 integration, USB-to-serial, RS485, micro SD logging, exposed SPI and I2C buses, and a small online dashboard demo.

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Adding a PC RS485 Monitor to the EC11 Test Setup

2026-06-25🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #RS485  #EC11 Rotary Encoder  #Raspberry Pi Pico  #Serial  #USB Serial  #Building Block Boards 

Adding a third RS485 node to an EC11 rotary encoder test setup so that the RS485 traffic can be monitored from a PC using a USB serial adapter.

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Improving the EC11 Encoder and RS485 Test Setup

2026-06-24🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #RS485  #EC11 Rotary Encoder  #Raspberry Pi Pico  #OLED  #MicroPython  #Building Block Boards 

Improving the transmitter and receiver software for an EC11 rotary encoder test setup using RS485, a Digital IO Expander board, Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W boards, and an SH1106 OLED display.

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Decoding an EC11 Rotary Encoder over RS485

2026-06-23🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #Embedded  #Rotary Encoder  #EC11  #RS485  #Raspberry Pi Pico  #Digital IO  #74HC165  #OLED  #Building Block Boards 

Decoding an EC11 rotary encoder through a Digital IO Expander board, sending direction updates over RS485, and displaying the result on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W receiver with an OLED display.

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Some Integration Testing

2026-06-22🧪 Protoworks R&DJohn Taylor
#Electronics  #PCB Testing  #RS485  #Digital IO  #Raspberry Pi Pico  #74HC165  #74HC595  #Rotary Encoder  #Building Block Boards  #Embedded 

Integration testing the USB-C power input board, RS485 breakout boards, Digital IO Expander board, Raspberry Pi Pico 2W boards, and an EC11 rotary encoder over a 20 m Cat 6 RS485 link.

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