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    • Lokki
      Lokki Community Helper last edited by

      lol. It's awful isn't it. especially when you're making a single sided board.
      Single sided boards are more art than anything else. Double sided is a bit of a cop-out really. It's routing everything without using too many jump links on single side that is the real work of circuit design.

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      • M
        MarkGabb last edited by

        so the arduino arrived today..pretty flashy looking....still got to finish my PCB design....having issues as i dont have the final relay yet to make sure my measurments match

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        • Lokki
          Lokki Community Helper last edited by

          Just make sure you breadboard it first. It'd be a pain to get a board made up and have to change it.
          fyi I was doing a funky thing with diodes in mine to add extra powered outputs and ended up burning them out on a main road. Instant loss of car power and a panicky moment in traffic.
          I really shouldn't have used diodes to do that with, at the moment I have wire links in the same place and it's fine.

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          • M
            MarkGabb last edited by

            will do @Lokki

            i think i got the code wrong somehow...

            This report would have more information with
            "Show verbose output during compilation"
            enabled in File > Preferences.
            Arduino: 1.0.6 (Windows NT (unknown)), Board: "Arduino Uno"
            sketch_oct10a:13: error: 'PN532_I2C' does not name a type
            sketch_oct10a:14: error: 'PN532' does not name a type
            sketch_oct10a.ino: In function 'void setup()':
            sketch_oct10a:23: error: 'nfc' was not declared in this scope
            sketch_oct10a.ino: In function 'void loop()':
            sketch_oct10a:56: error: 'nfc' was not declared in this scope
            sketch_oct10a:56: error: 'PN532_MIFARE_ISO14443A' was not declared in this scope

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            • Lokki
              Lokki Community Helper last edited by

              Looks like you've either not installed the NFC libraries or you've got it slightly wrong, dude.
              the pn532 libraries come with 3 or 4 sub folders in the main folder, you have to copy the sub folders into your arduino libraries and disregard the main folder.

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              • J
                jaar last edited by

                Is there any other NFC reader or a good way to separate the antenna from the board?
                I'm thinking it would be pretty neat to have my car start when I rest my hand on the shifter, but obviously the whole board wouldn't fit on there.

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                • Lokki
                  Lokki Community Helper last edited by

                  In that case @jaar I think @MrStein is the one to talk to. He has an NFC enabled arduino under development which will allow you to use an external antenna.

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                  • Nairod785
                    Nairod785 last edited by

                    Quite interesting
                    http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Wireless-Charger-NFC-Dock-For-Your-Car/

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                    • M
                      MarkGabb last edited by

                      @lokki dodgy usb cable with the aduino

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                      • Lokki
                        Lokki Community Helper last edited by

                        Heh, I guess that'd do it too!
                        I just got my microview units so I'm going to be altering the car starter to incorporate one of those instead of the microduino, the microview has an inbuilt oled display, so I'll be able to do something nifty with that instead of the big string of LEDs across the dash to show mode.

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