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Ing W.J. | Jan. 3, 2017

Good quality pcb and fast shipment.

The board quality looks good with silkscreen and gold plated solder pads. Although definitely no rocket science a schematic somewhere would be nice.
Update: Arrrcchh must have overlooked it. There is a button with a link to the schematic! Apologies.!

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Response from Azzy's Electronics | Jan. 3, 2017

Thanks - It seems people aren't finding the schematic in the "Documentation" link. I've added a copy of the schematic to the product pictures.

-Spence

Guillermo | Oct. 25, 2016

Arnaud | Oct. 21, 2016

John | Oct. 18, 2016

Thanawat | Oct. 17, 2016

Jc | Oct. 9, 2016

Specify part numbers in parts list

It would be helpful if the capacitor values were mentioned in the parts list. The datasheet is rather vague about actual values, saying only >= 4.7uF for the output capacitor, with a 0.05Ω ≤ ESR ≤ 0.5Ω rating. The input capacitor is even more vague: "Typically a large storage capacitor (0.05Ω ≤ ESR ≤ 0.5Ω) ...". For clarity, the 1206 is imperial, not metric.

The RF connectors are a real PITA to be sure you're ordering the correct ones the first time. There are a number of mounting styles for SMA connectors. This board needs a connector for a 0.062" thickness PCB, 0.1" between pins, in an "end launch" style. Having an actual part number would have saved a lot of time. BTW, the parts list says 2 SMA connectors are required, but actually only one is.

So how about adding some part numbers to parts list, please?

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Response from Azzy's Electronics | Oct. 19, 2016

Thanks for the feedback, I've added the part numbers for two compatible SMA connectors that I've worked with (I know there are many others), as well as more specific suggestions for the capacitors for the regulators I recommend. That said, since the board is compatible with any of dozens of regulators available with a compatible pinout, I can't provide guidance for capacitor selection for all of the regulators that could be used - some of them are really picky about the regulator (hence the support for larger tantalum caps)

-Spence

Julien | Sept. 29, 2016

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Peter | Aug. 31, 2016

Board to mount your RN2483 LORA module

Neat board with provision for a voltage regulator and it has mounting holes! So many of the breakouts expect you to use a breadboard, fine for a prototype, but with a cased demo unit having a way to mount the board is essential. Modules soldered on with normal (fine) solder and fine tipped iron and I'd used liquid flux as well to ensure a good joint.

Please note in my ratings that there is in fact no paper documentation - so I've left the rating for the boards printed notation!

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Response from Azzy's Electronics | Aug. 31, 2016

That's right - in order to ensure that documentation is always up to date, as well as to lower costs and reduce our impact on the environment, we do not include paper documentation. All documentation is available online linked to from this product page. If you have any questions, or find anything missing from the online documentation, please let me know and I'll get it fixed straight away.
Thanks for your business!
-Spence

Sudheendra | July 13, 2016

T | June 21, 2016

Mario | May 31, 2016

Ivan | April 27, 2016

OK

Well serves to the purpose it was designed for. Some more docs would be fine. What to say more about a PCB ?

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Response from Azzy's Electronics | April 27, 2016

What sort of additional documentation would you like to see for a product like this? I'm happy to add more information, but I'm not sure what people are looking for.

Thanks!

Dennis | April 1, 2016

nice boards

I ordered 3 boards. They came in pretty quickly and are looking very nice. I like them a lot.

Soldered each of them, although I must admit that I'm no soldering king/ queen overall three pcb soldering patches got loose pretty easily. One of them was the 868 MHz antenna center patch... So now I'm left to soldering the antenna to the RN2483 directly.

Still a very nice pcb to order.

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Response from Azzy's Electronics | April 3, 2016

Hi - thanks for buying, and thanks for letting me know about your experience here

I just tried to reproduce pad lifting issues. I soldered a wire onto the pad, resting the soldering iron on the pad for far longer than usual (to simulate very poor soldering technique), and afterwards, I yanked pretty hard on the wire. I wasn't able to pull it off with any realistic amount of force.

Since you saw this on multiple boards, not just one, I'm inclined to suspect that your issue is largely one of equipment - namely your soldering iron. One of the easiest ways to lift pads is by using a soldering iron that's getting too hot (often because it's not temperature controlled). I tested this by cranking the temperature on my iron up to 850 (instead of 700) - and then, leaving the iron on the pad for a while, and then pulling on the wire, I was able to get the pad to pop off, which supports this theory. So - is your soldering iron temperature controlled? If not, I wager that's probably what caused the pads to lift. I recommend temperatures no higher than 700 when assembling boards (higher temps are great for salvaging parts from a board you don't care about).

Feel free to contact me (via messaging or email) if you have further questions on this.

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