assembling a few more OtterCam-s3‘s today.
-
I got this board assembled from JLCPCB, but a lot of components are still missing. This is mostly due to this board being one of the very early boards running through their PCBA process! I actually wrote on their blog about how the PCBA process works at the time, they allowed me to test it very early :3
@janamarie o.0 wdym test early?… i've used their pcba like 4 years ago???? 0w0
-
@janamarie o.0 wdym test early?… i've used their pcba like 4 years ago???? 0w0
@valpackett this board is older then
-
@valpackett this board is older then
@janamarie oooh you mentioned 2021 and that's when the actual pcb was made i seeee
-
@janamarie you deserve to get your sensors delivered to you like that <.<
@slyka I don't believe in the concept of deserving, but sure
-
@slyka I don't believe in the concept of deserving, but sure
@janamarie sorry, was just a dumb joke… >.<
-
two lovely beings recently started working on the firmware again, we now have a bare Debian Linux running on it, 'just' missing the image sensor driver and the mipi to encoder to USB/Ethernet stream pipeline… how ward can it be, right?
we have been working on this since *checks the note on the pcb* 2021.. 
@janamarie good things take time
-
@janamarie sorry, was just a dumb joke… >.<
@slyka don't worry, I liked it!
-
@janamarie good things take time
@Hammi awww :33
-
speaking of…
this is how the image sensors were delivered. How does that make you feel?
two of them! The second one was more nasty to solder, I was still faster, but it wouldn’t want to boot the first two tries
I think they are super cute, so small and they boot linux! The boards are just 50x50mm, you can make this a whole lot smaller of course, the OtterCastAudioV2 was smaller, but still.. :3
-
speaking of…
this is how the image sensors were delivered. How does that make you feel?
@janamarie how broken are they?
-
@janamarie how broken are they?
@Hammi they are just fine, don't worry :3
-
two of them! The second one was more nasty to solder, I was still faster, but it wouldn’t want to boot the first two tries
I think they are super cute, so small and they boot linux! The boards are just 50x50mm, you can make this a whole lot smaller of course, the OtterCastAudioV2 was smaller, but still.. :3
sensor soldering time!
-
sensor soldering time!
@janamarie BGA soldering always makes be extremely nervous. Good luck!
-
sensor soldering time!
got them mostly cleaned off and ready to be soldered, here goes nothing..
-
got them mostly cleaned off and ready to be soldered, here goes nothing..
@janamarie How do you clean such a delicate surface?
-
got them mostly cleaned off and ready to be soldered, here goes nothing..
and tadaaaaaa~ two more OtterCam-s3's! They boot, but of course I can only test the whole thing once an image falls out of the OS05A20 sensor. I could also assemble the EF-S boards, but I don’t think they are needed right now, I will probably use these with C/CS lenses
-
@janamarie How do you clean such a delicate surface?
@nblr with Kimtech wipes, but honestly they are not super delicate.. it's glass after all, I just wouldn't want to use solvents close to the sensor
-
speaking of…
this is how the image sensors were delivered. How does that make you feel?
@janamarie Kapton tape directly on the CCD? This is fine. 🫣
-
@janamarie Kapton tape directly on the CCD? This is fine. 🫣
@floe yep! Surprisingly it is! These sensor surfaces are surprisingly resilient, its not how I wanted to get this delivered, but eh..
actually I would rather have kapton over the entire surface, because it keeps it very clean! -
and tadaaaaaa~ two more OtterCam-s3's! They boot, but of course I can only test the whole thing once an image falls out of the OS05A20 sensor. I could also assemble the EF-S boards, but I don’t think they are needed right now, I will probably use these with C/CS lenses
such a stark contrast between a pre-assembled and finished board, it’s not many more parts, just very space-filling parts
