Tindie

Azduino by Spence Konde

2,333 orders since Jun 01, 2015

somerville, MA, United States of America

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Average Ratings

Product: (4.75)

Documentation: (4.46)

Shipping: (4.67)

Communication: (4.67)

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Joe | Feb. 7, 2017

Simple SOT-23 MOSFET (six-pack, logic level)

For Simple SOT-23 MOSFET (six-pack, logic level)

I use these mosfets to switch 24V DC aquarium pumps on and off. Seven months later and everything is humming right along. I'm pushing around 1.5A through them and they don't even get warm. I'm using Arduino to control them. I love these little jewels!

At first, I used relays but I was switching so often their usable lifetime was too short.

Drazzy was very helpful, making sure I got the right product. I followed his advice- as a novice I would have been foolish not to. Drazzy is a great person to deal with. Couldn't be happier.

Mike | Feb. 1, 2017

ATtiny1634 Breakout board

For ATTiny1634 breakout w/serial header (bare board)

Good quality board and very useful for the SMD ATtiny1634 for small projects and for software prototyping. Similar concept to the Arduino (and knockoffs) of the Nano and Minipro. Good idea.
I am a retired Electronics Engineer and find this much better than making my own boards for development and debugging and I do not have to wait 3-4 weeks for boards from China at questionable quality.

Rudi | Jan. 31, 2017

Excellent PCB's, great value and fast shipment

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I received these boards yesterday, well within the expected delivery window. These board are of an excellent quality, look great and have a great value.

Laurynas | Jan. 29, 2017

Good board, fast shipping.

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Please consider using thermal-relief pads for GND, like they are recommended in Microchip's documentation. Will make soldering much easier.

Ralph | Jan. 14, 2017

Very useful board, one suggestion for a next revision.

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

The break out board works Rev. C works very well for me.

It might be an idea to change the pinout of the serial interface in a future revision to be 1:1 compatible with FTDI cables to support even more easy prototyping.

Ing W.J. | Jan. 3, 2017

Good quality pcb and fast shipment.

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

The board quality looks good with silkscreen and gold plated solder pads. Although definitely no rocket science a schematic somewhere would be nice.
Update: Arrrcchh must have overlooked it. There is a button with a link to the schematic! Apologies.!

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | Jan. 3, 2017

Thanks - It seems people aren't finding the schematic in the "Documentation" link. I've added a copy of the schematic to the product pictures.

-Spence

Kozo | Nov. 8, 2016

Great product

For ATtiny1634 dev. board w/Optiboot (assembled)

This product is a very nice device suitable for intermediate between ATtiny85 and ATmega328P. Without much hustling, you can rewrite your ATmega code to ATtiny. Optiboot and FTDI serial pin header are also helpful to debug your code, too. The only weak point is the strength of PCB pattern. You need to be careful to solder something on this board. Anyway I love this.

Kozo | Nov. 8, 2016

Great product

For ATtiny1634 dev. board w/Optiboot (assembled)

This product is a very nice device suitable for intermediate between ATtiny85 and ATmega328P. Without much hustling, you can rewrite your ATmega code to ATtiny. Optiboot and serial pin header are also helpful to debug your code, too. The only weak point is the strength of PCB pattern. You need to be careful to soldering something on this board. Anyway I love this.

Guillermo | Oct. 25, 2016

Thanks

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I received the package on time. Thank you very much. I didn`t have problems with the shipping. This is a great place to buy things.

Arnaud | Oct. 21, 2016

Awesome breakout

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Works perfect, easy to solder. Espruino direct compatibility is really the feature that saved my life !
Fast shipping, affordable price: A great board !

John | Oct. 18, 2016

Great boards - great service`

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Great value boards and great value shipping - recommended ! Enabled me to solder my RN2483 for my LoRaWAN project. Will be ordering some more soon.

Thanawat | Oct. 17, 2016

Great Seller and Product

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Great Seller and Product
Fast Shipping
Great Design
Nice Work

Jc | Oct. 9, 2016

Specify part numbers in parts list

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

It would be helpful if the capacitor values were mentioned in the parts list. The datasheet is rather vague about actual values, saying only >= 4.7uF for the output capacitor, with a 0.05Ω ≤ ESR ≤ 0.5Ω rating. The input capacitor is even more vague: "Typically a large storage capacitor (0.05Ω ≤ ESR ≤ 0.5Ω) ...". For clarity, the 1206 is imperial, not metric.

The RF connectors are a real PITA to be sure you're ordering the correct ones the first time. There are a number of mounting styles for SMA connectors. This board needs a connector for a 0.062" thickness PCB, 0.1" between pins, in an "end launch" style. Having an actual part number would have saved a lot of time. BTW, the parts list says 2 SMA connectors are required, but actually only one is.

So how about adding some part numbers to parts list, please?

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | Oct. 19, 2016

Thanks for the feedback, I've added the part numbers for two compatible SMA connectors that I've worked with (I know there are many others), as well as more specific suggestions for the capacitors for the regulators I recommend. That said, since the board is compatible with any of dozens of regulators available with a compatible pinout, I can't provide guidance for capacitor selection for all of the regulators that could be used - some of them are really picky about the regulator (hence the support for larger tantalum caps)

-Spence

Julien | Sept. 29, 2016

Perfect

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I have bought two, it was very easy to solder the module on it.
Just add a SMA SMD connector, and an antenna obviously.
Good design :)

John | Sept. 22, 2016

Really great time saver

For ATtiny841 dev. board w/Optiboot (assembled)

dr azzy is great and his work on arduino core is commendable. The board works fine. I could not get the 8mhz crystal version to work, but at 3.3 volts the internal crystal is accurate enough for ttl, so that is what I recommend for the casual hacker. The silk screen is not great, that's really the biggest drawback, but there are resources online for determining what is happening.

Jacques | Sept. 19, 2016

Well-built boards

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I'm relieved to have received my 2 well-boards in South Africa after 7 weeks' shipping. Good quality construction. I tied down the RN2483 using masking tape to solder it down, but after having soldered 2 pads, I lifted the masking tape, only to rip off one of the pads from the PCB - fortunately it was one of the ground pads. Other pads soldered without problems, except for a few shorts which I had to suck off to re-do. The second board should go better :-)

Edit: I received two Rev. C boards. One of the boards show pin labelled "NC" on the top and "RST" on the bottom (between the RTS and 3V3 pins). The photos here https://www.tindie.com/products/DrAzzy/rn2483-breakout-bare-board/ seem to show label "RST" on top of bottom of the boards, which are also labeled Rev. C...? My second board is labeled correctly...

Edit#2: second board successfully built, now I have 2 working mote's, yay!

Josh | Sept. 3, 2016

Nice & small..

For Simple SOT-23 MOSFET (six-pack, logic level)

Nice and small breakouts with good soldering & good solder points. Board is small w/o being 'too small' to handle. if you just need a mosfet in a tight spot; this might be what you want.

Josh | Sept. 3, 2016

fits awesome for minty projects..

For Mint-tin size prototyping board

Nice thick board (stands up to abuse) and good solder points. I purchased both the basic & smd one. As with all DrAzzy products, it's a great proto board. Fits perfectly and maximizes usable space.

Peter | Aug. 31, 2016

Board to mount your RN2483 LORA module

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Neat board with provision for a voltage regulator and it has mounting holes! So many of the breakouts expect you to use a breadboard, fine for a prototype, but with a cased demo unit having a way to mount the board is essential. Modules soldered on with normal (fine) solder and fine tipped iron and I'd used liquid flux as well to ensure a good joint.

Please note in my ratings that there is in fact no paper documentation - so I've left the rating for the boards printed notation!

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | Aug. 31, 2016

That's right - in order to ensure that documentation is always up to date, as well as to lower costs and reduce our impact on the environment, we do not include paper documentation. All documentation is available online linked to from this product page. If you have any questions, or find anything missing from the online documentation, please let me know and I'll get it fixed straight away.
Thanks for your business!
-Spence

Michael | Aug. 23, 2016

I love the prototyping boards of Azzy's Electronics

For Mint-tin size prototyping board

I've bought various prototype boards from Azzy's Electronics, and they often fit various niches I need for electronics. Shipping is fast. I only do through hole soldering, but it is nice to have various options. I was going to buy some of the 1x1.5" mini prototyping boards, but they are currently sold out. I noticed there is now a mint tin prototyping board, and I ordered a few. I haven't actually soldered any yet, but it does seem well laid out, and it gives me more options than the Adafruit mint tin board, which is just laid out in breadboard fashion.

I tend to use Teensy's (LC, 3.2, and I just got a beta 3.6) these days. It was a nice coincidence that the Azzy board has 24 primary rows, and the new Teensy 3.6 will have 24 rows as well, and I can use the side sections for various add-ons (though if I go to town in adding stuff, I likely would go up to the 2x4" prototype board for the 3.6).

In thinking about having multiple servos and/or analog sensors, it would be useful if there was a variant of the mint tin board that had multiple power rails. A Teensy has 5 things you might want on a power rail (3.3v, VIN/5v, normal ground, analog ground, and analog reference), and for things like servos you might want an additional rail for external power.

I was thinking on the side that has 24 rows of 4 columns, if you reorganized it so that the ground row was 0.1" away from the other rows, and the last two rows were power rails instead of column rails, you could set up to have banks of either sensors or servos (there would 2 columns for a data pin and the connecting wire). It may even be desirable to break the power rails between the 12th and 13th column, so that you could have one set of pins for analog sensors (using 3.3v/analog reference and agnd) and one set for servos (using external power, normal ground, and data pin that have been level shifted).

Or alternatively, do this on the other side, and use the existing 2 pin columns and change some/all of the 3 column pins into power rails.

Here is what I meant by the second option where the 3 pin columns are converted to power rails:
http://www.the-meissners.org/tmp/tindie2.png

Ron | Aug. 20, 2016

Great board at a great price!

For 2" x 4" Prototyping/Project boards

This board is a superb fit for the LMB/Heeger TF-777 enclosure. The board layout and quality is also superior and lower cost relative to other prototype boards that are available from Adafruit, Jameco, and Radio Shack. Shipping cost and speed was also very reasonable. You can't go wrong dealing with Spence.

Sudheendra | July 13, 2016

Thanks for quick delivery

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Real quick delivery and quality product... considering the fact that I live half way across the globe.

Christopher | July 10, 2016

Great Little PCBs

For Mini protoboard pieces - 28 pcs set only $6!

This is exactly what I was looking for. You can't buy prototyping boards this small, and it's a pain to cut them down.

Could have been shipped in a sturdier envelope--it was falling apart--but arrived intact nonetheless.

T | June 21, 2016

Great!

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Great little PCB, just exactly what one needs to get started with RN2483. Much better than I could ever make on my own. Fast shipping, arrived in the UK within a week.

Mario | May 31, 2016

Reaaly good

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

The PCB and the packaging are very good. Shipping was fast and the envelope reached Italy in 8 days witout problems.
I still didn't use the PCB so can tell nothing about copper quality.

M

Subesh | May 14, 2016

thanks

For 1"x2" prototyping board

Ya good and arrive on time. thank you so much thank you so much thank you so much thank you so much thank you so much now its 100 characters word. Damm

Lafont | May 9, 2016

AMC7140 led driver pcb

For Bare boards (various)

Quality PCB, nice size and design.
Fast shipped, well packaged
Vey happy with Tindie :-)
(i'am French customer)

Ivan | April 27, 2016

OK

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

Well serves to the purpose it was designed for. Some more docs would be fine. What to say more about a PCB ?

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | April 27, 2016

What sort of additional documentation would you like to see for a product like this? I'm happy to add more information, but I'm not sure what people are looking for.

Thanks!

Randy | April 21, 2016

Excellent quality boards

For Mini protoboard pieces - 28 pcs set only $6!

The board quality is better than I expected for the cost. They are far superior to any of the paper (phenolic) proto boards on the market and they provide very good functionality, especially the AVR Tiny proto boards. My only wish would be a partial schematic that shows what the interconnects are for boards like the ATiny85 2x2 board or the monster 4x4 board for the AT328 mini Arduino. While I can always trace it out and see what goes where, it would be nice to see it in schematic form. While I understand that it isn't needed for the pure hole only boards, the boards with specific component locations can be time consuming to trace out. The online documentation, while very good, would be excellent with the addition of partial schematics where appropriate.

Josh | April 15, 2016

Nice compact board

For 4-Channel MOSFET board with optional driver

Nice board, not too small; and not too big. Easy to work with. The only (valid) comment I have is that there is only one mounting hole, would have liked two so it could remain more stable/solidly in place... The other is a personal issue -- the heat sinks don't face the same way; this is a personal issue (I also have to seperate my M&M's by colour...) and has no impact on the board or performance of said heat sinks or the mosfets...

I have not put a full load on it; but I think if you plan to go up to 100 amps; you may also want a fan on those heat sinks...

Great board, well worth it; great person to do business with. If you're looking for something like this; this is perfect.

Dennis | April 1, 2016

nice boards

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I ordered 3 boards. They came in pretty quickly and are looking very nice. I like them a lot.

Soldered each of them, although I must admit that I'm no soldering king/ queen overall three pcb soldering patches got loose pretty easily. One of them was the 868 MHz antenna center patch... So now I'm left to soldering the antenna to the RN2483 directly.

Still a very nice pcb to order.

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | April 3, 2016

Hi - thanks for buying, and thanks for letting me know about your experience here

I just tried to reproduce pad lifting issues. I soldered a wire onto the pad, resting the soldering iron on the pad for far longer than usual (to simulate very poor soldering technique), and afterwards, I yanked pretty hard on the wire. I wasn't able to pull it off with any realistic amount of force.

Since you saw this on multiple boards, not just one, I'm inclined to suspect that your issue is largely one of equipment - namely your soldering iron. One of the easiest ways to lift pads is by using a soldering iron that's getting too hot (often because it's not temperature controlled). I tested this by cranking the temperature on my iron up to 850 (instead of 700) - and then, leaving the iron on the pad for a while, and then pulling on the wire, I was able to get the pad to pop off, which supports this theory. So - is your soldering iron temperature controlled? If not, I wager that's probably what caused the pads to lift. I recommend temperatures no higher than 700 when assembling boards (higher temps are great for salvaging parts from a board you don't care about).

Feel free to contact me (via messaging or email) if you have further questions on this.

Brett | March 22, 2016

Fantastic breakout boards!

For RN2483 breakout (bare board)

I got these for the RN2903 Microchip modules and everything soldered up and was working perfectly in no time. Thanks so much for the fast shipping :)

Boris | March 20, 2016

Good boards. Right footprint.

For Mini protoboard pieces - 28 pcs set only $6!

Not sure what else to write beside the summary. Right footprint, everything worked as expected.

Paul | March 13, 2016

nice little board

For ATtiny841 dev. board w/Optiboot (assembled)

Fired right up, everything works as it should. '841 is an amazing little chip. Wish I had a complete schematic, tho!

Response from Azduino by Spence Konde | March 13, 2016

Thanks - I've added full and accurate schematic. It's not as pretty as the old one was, but at least it reflects reality. It's now also in the product images on tindie.

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