Just received our second manufactured prototype PCB (Printed Circuit Board). This one is for a regulated power supply chip that we plan to use in our first accessibility product for blind people to feel visual art through a haptic pen-like stylus interface.
https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-tps61299ybhr
#fosh #freehardware #bce #bcecoop #foss #freesoftware #blind #lowvision #a11y #accessibility #ee #pcd
Handling credit card payment processing for the @bce website is a major milestone completed.
There are still lots of accessibility workflow issues to work through on the webpage, but I can work through those concurrently.
After spending some time with my family next week, I should be able to focus on actual FOSH product development.
❤️ ✊ 💪
#blind #nonprofit #fosh #foss #webdev #creditcardprocessing #paymentprocessing #bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc
Added 3 new languages to the Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc. ( @bce ) website: Armenian, Urdu, and Korean. Please let me know if you have any requests. This includes payment processing and followup email receipts. We're at 16 supported languages, which covers the top spoken languages by population.
#bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc #blind #international #multilingual #armenian #urdu #korean
I'm going to be traveling off of the grid, visiting family, the week starting Nov. 17.
These first two weeks, working on the Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc. ( @bce ) startup have been super inspiring.
First focus is getting the website up as an international presence. Next, we will start prototyping PCBs for piecemeal breadboarding the product. We plan for the blind maker community to follow along, making the product at home along with us as we progress.
More soon! ❤️ ✊ 💪
#blind #bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc #accessibility #pcb #website #webdev #international #startup #fosh #foss #maker
I've submitted my resignation letter to Apple. My last day will be this Friday, October 31st.
I'm starting a nonprofit company to create FOSH (Free Open Source Hardware) assistive consumer electronics, focused initially on assistive consumer electronics for blind people. I plan to release many small intermediate products for the maker community.
I plan to start working full time starting November 1st at Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc.
@bce
#nonprofit #a11y #blind #maker #fosh #foss #bce #bcecoop #freehardware #freesoftware #apple
My worker-owned coop just received non-profit status from the IRS. I'm so happy.
Watch out world, here comes "Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc." 😄
Finished a redesign of my first PCB assembly order ever. I'm using JLCPCB and I've ordered the one part in this test design.
I'm waiting for the one part to arrive in their assembly facility in Hong Kong.
This is a 2 layer board to breakout an 8x8 mm DRAM chip with 54 pins so that I can play with it on my breadboard.
This is designed in kicad.
#foss #fosh #pcb #pcba #ee #jlcpcb #ram #dram #freemanufacturing #bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc #kicad
I'm planning to order my first custom PCB from JLCPCB, which will only have one RAM chip breakout to include on my breadboard prototype. On my breadboard, I've gotten the following working:
- ICE40 FPGA (Architry Cu)
- ESP32-C3 MCU (RISC-V + Wifi/BT)
- OV7670 Camera (640x480 30 FPS)
I'd like to use the FPGA to read the camera data and store it in a RAM. Also, I'd like the MCU to be able to read single pixels at ~1000 Hz from the RAM. I plan to use the FPGA to manage the interface between the MCU and the RAM as well.
At first, my choice of RAM was a small RAM that is hard to find with a long lead time with JLCPCB. Now, I'm planning to use a slightly larger RAM with shorter lead time. This is the RAM part I'm looking at:
The design in the image is the old part. I'm now starting a redesign of the PCB with the new slightly larger RAM.
#foss #fosh #freemanufacturing #bce #bcecoop #bcecoopinc #fpga #mcu #ram #maker #ee #breadboard #prototype #jlcpcb
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Bo Morgan