Build Plans

& Details

I’m collecting all the technical information on my design here, including the parts I used and the designs I produced.  This is not a complete set of plans; if you want to build something similar, this will be a good start but it won’t explain everything.


Electrical Design

  1. Block Diagram - not yet released (it’s in my head)

  2. Schematic - not yet released (it’s in my notebook)


Major Tools Used

  1. Roland MDX-20 Milling Machine, with 1/8” and 1/16” bits

  2. Texas Instruments (TI) EZ430-F2013 development kit

  3. Ripplon StL Viewer for Mac

  4. Eagle from CadSoft (for PC Board)

  5. Weller Microtouch SMD soldering iron (for really small parts)

  6. Stereoscope (you don’t want rosin to splatter in your eye when soldering).


Special Parts

  1. OLED Display: Osram Pictiva OS096064PK12MY0A01

  2. OLED Controller (built in to above display, but not well documented by Osram): Solomon Systech SSD0323

  3. Microcontroller: TI MSP430F2013IPW, same as in the development kit. This part is a member of the MSP430 family.

  4. 12v DC-DC converter: Linear Technology LT1615

  5. 3.0v regulator: TI TPS79730DCKR

  6. Battery Charger: Maxim MAX1551EZK. Sparkfun sells a demo board based on a similar chip: Batt-CG-MAX1555

  7. Battery: Polymer Lithium Ion Battery, 100mAH. Union Battery model #501528. Available from Sparkfun: Batt-LIP100


Case Design

  1. BooleanCad (my custom CAD program) - not yet released

  2. Case design files - not yet released

  3. .STL Output (used by milling machine) - not yet released


PC Board Design

  1. Eagle cad file - not yet released

  2. PDF file suitable for production - not yet released


Software

  1. MSP430 C Source Code - not yet released