NeMesiS Posted November 11 Report Share Posted November 11 Introduction: All new XeniumICE modchip design inspired by the original Xenium GOLD. Edge connector for easy programming along with a purpose built XeniumPGR. Plenty of connectors to support further addons, RGB and LCD display as for example. Small and compact multilayer PCB design, only a little larger than an Aladdin modchip. The modchips in the above image are the prototypes, final design will have gold immersion (ENIG) finish and are currently in production. Coming soon... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted November 11 Author Report Share Posted November 11 XeniumICE Modchip: You can see that the XeniumICE modchip is only slightly larger than an Aladdin. Edge of the modchip lines up nicely with the edge of the motherboard. I'm very satisfied with how it turned out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted November 11 Author Report Share Posted November 11 XeniumICE Programmer: I had a lot of fun working on the python script for the "XeniumPGR". Above is a quick video demonstrating what I've done with it. Firstly, the script takes care of the button and all the LEDs since it was never fully implemented in the "Xenium-Programmer" code. The video starts with the RPi zero powered up with the script running. "Power" LED is now "Standby" LED to show when the script is ready. I start by showing the long press function for rebooting the RPi, to signal this the LED's cycle from left to right. Once the RPi boots up and the script is ready it will signal this by cycling the LEDs from right to left. I demonstrate that the modchip will only power up when plugged into the programmer in the correct orientation. Short pressing the button can start or stop running the flashing command "./xenium-programmer" The progress LED turns on whenever the flashing command is running. Getting the "passed" and "failed" LEDs to function as intended was difficult. I had to monitor the output of xenium-programmer for "ERROR" and "FAILED". If either of these two strings would appear it would be deemed as a "Fail". However, if the command completed without failing it would be deemed a "Pass" 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted November 13 Author Report Share Posted November 13 XeniumGOLD Concept: Turns out you can get clear solder-mask with black core PCB. Using this method, I was able to put together a concept design. I added an extra layer for the top side to add some visuals. Used buried and blind vias to make things as clean as possible. However, doing all this would make the design very expensive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted December 2 Author Report Share Posted December 2 Available Soon: Further information to be announced... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie-Burger Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 8 minutes ago, NeMesiS said: Available Soon: Further information to be announced... He's heating up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 OOOOHHHHHH SHIT SON!!! I'm fuckin READY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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