#61

Interested in upgrading my 64 series grid.
Sounds very interesting!

#62

40h through hole adapter board arrived!

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Looks like it should work. This one the vb_driver and legs would be soldered on the same side. So the driver would end up upside down. Which made the routing heaps easier. I will likely do two designs like this. One for 40h another for MK kits. And the designs will be shared via Oshpark for people to order accordingly.

I have finished the design for the programming and test jig. Just need to order it after Iā€™ve given it a thorough review. Then things should start moving forward on getting these led drivers out there.

Apologies for the delays on getting this all going. My wife and I just welcomed our second child into the world today. So Iā€™ve been a bit busy/distracted.

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#63

Also interested in upgrading my series 64 walnut grid! :star_struck:

#64

Congrats on the new family member!

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#65

Congratulations. The step up from one to two isā€¦ Interesting. Fun, but challenging. Enjoy it!

#66

I would like 4 of these please.

i have a diy 512 that I use as x2 256 and I want to run as 128ā€™s

Add me to the list please

thanks

#67

Iā€™d be in for a 40h kit - those have a much less complex install, right?

#68

From my personal experience Id say its exponential!

#69

Depends if the max7219 ic is socketed or not. Plus the vb_driver would still need to be soldered to the adapter board.

#70

This is absolutely amazing news! So excited! And congratulations on the child. Expecting our first this November. Endlessly excited to share this hobby (and the Monome) with my family for many many years to come!

#71

Great news ! 128 and 64 walnut grid here :slight_smile:

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#72

update:

programming and test jig PCB and parts ordered!

revision of 40h kit adapter board ordered! (needed a bit more clearance between headers and vb_driver)

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#73

Congratulations on the new arrival!!

#74

I am unnecessarily excited whenever I see thereā€™s an update to this thread.

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#75

Just got the shipping notification for the test jig PCB! Time to order the partsā€¦

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#76

Amazing! Just out of curiosity, what is next in your process? Iā€™m really excited about the whole thing youā€™re building here, but it also seems like an amazing project and Iā€™m really curious as to how youā€™re going about it!

Also, any thoughts about timing on everything?

#77

Thereā€™s an overview of the timeline on the top post.

Basically Iā€™m trying to get all of the hardware requirements sorted.

So adapter boards for the 40h kit and MK kit. Either of these will for an Arduinome depending on how it was assembled.

Programming and test jig to flash and verify manufactured vb_driver PCAs

Get a small number manufactured. 30 or so.

Update firmwares for different editions.

Get those boards in the hands of a few people with different grid editions and skills enough to assist in verifying firmwares.

Get a bunch more made. Looking like about 100 so far. Flash and verify each of them.

Release to the patient masses.

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#78

This seems like youā€™re giving us a bit of credit! :wink:

Thanks for that. I had looked at the timeline up above, but there were a few things that I was wondering about that you basically took care of. I actually got hung up with the aspect of the atmel dfu programmer, not realizing that we would need to update our logic boards to actually play well with the new firmware/drivers. But, as I read through it again, I actually got my head further around it.

Anyway, Iā€™m sure youā€™re busy, so thanks for the answer and Iā€™m looking forward to seeing how it all goes!

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#79

Yeah, programming the logic board is a must.

Will need to solder a header. Or hold it on with some pressure.

The programmer is reasonably inexpensive.

I will document all the necessary steps, commands and software needed to do the programming and can provide compiled binaries.

Donā€™t take the instructions above as full and final. There will be more detail. They were mainly to serve as a guideline to the amount of work needed to complete the upgrade.

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#80

Cool, I assumed as much, but sometimes I have done something like this before, understand the concepts and the TOTALLY SPACE when someone else is telling me steps that incorporate something Iā€™ve done any number of times before. Anyway, thanks again for the update and the great work!