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The final steps

The final step is building the Button Board and the connecting everything together.
The Button Board.
For this you will need the following.
Veroboard I use (10 x 20 holes with the copper strips running horizontally)
5 x Buttons.
6 x Right Angle Male Pins.
Jumper wire.










Top view of the Button Board.

Flip the board over and cut the copper strips where indicated.










Bottom view of the Button Board.


That is most of the construction done. The only things left to do is cut off one end off two dupont wires (for ease make sure one is black) and solder the wires on to the connectors of the 2.5mm port.



ASSEMBLY

This is where it gets complicated. First we will connect the LCD screen to the Nano board.


Use 4 dupont wires and connect to the pins on the back of the LCD screen. The wire on the pin marked VCC goes to a 5v pin. GND to a Ground pin. SDA goes to pin A4 and SCL to A5.

Now the SD Card Slot.










CS to D10
SCK to D13
MOSI to D11
MISO to D12
VCC to 5v
GND to Ground

 Your SD card reader may have it's pins named differently but the pin order is usually the same.


Now to connect the Button Board.
 







I've numbered on the picture where each cable should go on the Nano board. The pin numbered D6 actually goes to D7

The Filter Board and the Amp.
















VCC to 5v Pin on the Nano Board
In to Amp in on the Filter Board
Both GND pins to the Ground Pins on the Nano Board.

On my Amp the is a green socket for two wires that go to the 3.5mm Socket I used a red wire for the in and Black for the GND and soldered the other ends to the 3.5mm socket.

The final piece of teh puzzle is the 2.5mm Motor Control socket. One wire goes to D6 and the other goes to the hopefully final Ground Pin.

The final piece of the puzzle is to programme the Arduino.

You should find the relevant .rar file here.
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=97271397603044485767

Comments

  1. Hola duncan como hago para armar el casduino no entiendo ingles no entiendo como armarlo

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  2. Desafortunadamente mi español no es muy bueno. Voy a tratar de conseguir uno de mis amigos españoles para ayudarle.

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  3. Saludos Luis portillo,soy Alfredo Retrocant. Me ha pedido Duncan Edwards que sea portavoz en las consultas y dudas que tengas en el proyecto Casduino. Los autores del proyecto no dominan bien el Español. Ya te envié por mail todo lo necesario para construirte tu propio casduino. Si necesitas mas soporte o ayuda técnica estaremos encantado de ayudarte.

    Recibe un cordial saludo.

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