Timeline for Mechanical requirements for Arduino compatibility
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| Apr 28, 2015 at 6:21 | comment | added | aaa | I actually agree on that. Though I haven't seen an mechanical drawing from arduino yet. You might want to request it at their forums? | |
| Apr 28, 2015 at 5:31 | comment | added | Joris Groosman | "you can use measurement tools in eagle to get the exact placing/dimensions." I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I've worked enough with them to know that measuring on a drawing is a cardinal sin. Never measure on a mechanical drawing. All measurements should be there. If some measurements are missing, send the drawing back to the engineer who made it. But again, a PCB layout is not a mechanical drawing. If you want to know what I mean by good mechanical drawing, take a look at the drawings near the end of any electronic component's datasheet. | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 20:59 | comment | added | aaa | If you get good at it you'll be able to create custom pcb's for specific projects. Like an RFID reader with wireless connection, as 'small' as an arduino. Your arduino copy should basically be as much te same. Unless you have beter ideas, like using a beter chip and double the rows of pins or something! | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 20:56 | comment | added | aaa | I agree, Arduino is made for hobbyists and this does also only have basic documentation in this field. Not to much technical info. You should consider downloading eagle, it's free (I believe) and you can use measurement tools in eagle to get the exact placing/dimensions. | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 18:38 | comment | added | Joris Groosman | A board file is (probably) a PCB layout. I can't read that because I don't have Eagle. That's not a mechanical documentation file (which preferably should be a PDF). I appreciate that you want to find an answer, but I still don't think it exists. I've also Googled the Internetverse for a long time for it. I found drawings which are the initiative of individuals to fill in the gap in documentation, but those drawings either are incomplete, wrong or contradicting. | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 18:32 | history | edited | aaa | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added links to the answer |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 18:28 | comment | added | aaa | I have searched on my laptop (which is easier as on my phone) and found the following: arduino.cc/en/uploads/Main/arduino_Uno_Rev3-02-TH.zip , These are the eagle SCHEMATIC and BOARD files. Found on this page: arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno I believe this would be the standard set by arduino, it's from Rev 3 so I think it's quite up to date? | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 17:43 | comment | added | Joris Groosman | Yes, that's an (outdated) schematic, thanks. But have you ever seen an official mechanical drawing? | |
| Apr 27, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | aaa | Hmm, not that I know off, though arduino is open source and they do have design documentation on their website google.nl/… | |
| Apr 26, 2015 at 14:34 | comment | added | Joris Groosman | There are several areas of compatibility. I mention mechanical in particular. I know there are different board designs, like the Nano, which are software compatible, but it should be obvious that I'm not asking about mechanical compatibility between Nano and Uno, for instance. The question is: does there exist an official drawing with PCB outline and the positions of mounting holes and connectors/headers? I couldn't find it. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 15:03 | history | answered | aaa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |