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SPOTs Hardware

Welcome to the SPOTs Hardware Wiki page.

We have just open sourced six add-on board designs to java.net and they can be found at https://spots-hardware.dev.java.net/

The gerbers from these designs can be sent to a PC board house to make the PC boards. Parts can be purchased online and sent with the PC boards to a contract manufacture (CM) for assembly. There are a few CMs that are set up to do prototype assembly, although most want to do at least 100 units. Prices go down dramatically for higher quantity for parts, PC boards and assembly. The boards could be hand assembled; however, given the fine pitch parts we needed to use, it would be a challenge.

One aspect of this wiki is to explore alternatives. Issues and questions with eDemo board or the main eSPOT board should go to forums


Several folks contribute and not all of the projects use the same design tools. At some point I should update the front list but for now here is a list of projects, the subversion directory and the design tools used.

Project Subversion PCB Tools
spot-breakout https://spot-breakout.dev.java.net/svn/spot-breakout/trunk eagle
spot-edaq https://spot-edaq.dev.java.net/svn/spot-edaq/trunk eagle
spot-edemo https://spot-edemo.dev.java.net/svn/spot-edemo/trunk altium
spot-eflash https://spot-eflash.dev.java.net/svn/spot-eflash/trunk altium
spot-eproto https://spot-eproto.dev.java.net/svn/spot-eproto/trunk altium
spot-eprotomega https://spot-eprotomega.dev.java.net/svn/spot-eprotomega/trunk altium
spot-eserial https://spot-eserial.dev.java.net/svn/spot-eserial/trunk altium
spot-espot https://spot-espot.dev.java.net/svn/spot-espot/trunk altium
spot-eusbhost https://spot-eusbhost.dev.java.net/svn/spot-eusbhost/trunk altium
spot-ebones https://spots-ebones.dev.java.net/svn/spots-ebones/trunk altium,orcad,eagle

-- Main.bob_alkire - 02 Mar 2008

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