Not sure if this is the right place,but I suppose it can be moved if not.
I wanted to ask if it would be feasible to have just the PCB with the RTC and LEDS and the pico available so I/we can add our own PMS sensors to it and have a neater build. I don’t care much about the temp or other sensors on in.
I would certainly buy something like this. I realize I can build it from schematic.
What exactly do you need? Attaching a RTC and LEDs to a Pico is not complicated, there are many options available. My guess is that what you really want is the power-management of the Enviro and the possibility to program the RTC with the next wake up timepoint?!
I do have an RTC already. But you’re right,I would like the power management and a smaller and more nice looking pcb.
You might want to try my version: GitHub - bablokb/pcb-pico-power-switch: Suport PCB to switch battery power - designed for a Raspberry Pi Pico
I just noticed I did not link the png files in the repo yet and I also did not upload an image. The predecessor looks like this:
The new version is very similar, i.e. you can plug it in from behind. The PCB does all the power-management that the Pimoroni-PCB does, but it does not use an identical RTC. The new version is more efficient than the old version and also includes a Stemma/Qt for plugging in I2C-devices (like the partical-matter version with I2C in case you are using it).
Caveat: you have to order the PCBs yourself (I paid something like 15€ for five PCBs). But JLCPCB has the same level of service as Pimoroni has. Ordering is very simple and I never had any problems. And usually manufacturing and shipping with the cheapest carrier to Germany is faster than shipping from Pimoroni (UK) to Germany with Royal Mail. This is of course not Pimoronis fault.
Very nice,thank you. I’ll research it. I am in Canada,but I don’t know any good PCB service around here so I’ll go with what you rwcommend. I heard about them before.
I have my solar cell and other things on order. I want to put a particle sensor outdoors and some other sensors. This will help.
You can send me a PM. I had written some order-instructions for someone else, but that should be a good start because the steps are always the same.