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Tom Granger Mar 16, 2024

Whoops. Looks like I'm rebuilding the Jackal...

Tom Granger Mar 22, 2024

There are a few things that annoyed me with the 2021 build. The sound was noisy. The cheap display had light bleed and poor viewing angles. The radio module never really worked. I never finished the code so I didn't release it.

So lets try to improve on this!

Jackal 2024🧵

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Tom Granger Mar 22, 2024

First, the display. There are now IPS versions of the same 3.2" ILI9431 LCD I had. I built a new SPI cable but this time with a connector on the other end. It's a drop in replacement except that colors are inverted (there's a flag to set in the code). *Way* better viewing angles!

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Tom Granger Mar 22, 2024

Next, the mess. I was using almost every pin on the Teensy and the perf board I used was cluttered. Now that I know where I'm going with the project and that I have a dedicated workspace instead of a coffee table and a cardboard box I can make a better version! Silicone wire FTW

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Tom Granger Mar 22, 2024

I have a plan to not use as many of the Teensy's pins as before, hopefully that'll work. I'll get back to that. Let's fix the sound first.

Hey what's that thing doing here? Can you guess? :)

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Tom Granger

It's this mighty little guy again... https://twitter.com/t0m_fr/status/1331159878463860737?t=r6AFwCHXXFGEQs0wyJc4Pg&s=19

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Have you heard of the M5 ATOM microcontroller? ESP32-PICO based (240Mhz dual core, wifi, bluetooth), 4Mb flash, RGB & IR LED, 6 GPIOs, USB-C interface. Programmable with Arduino and MicroPython. ➡️ 5€ 🤯

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