Re: [opendiag] Circuit board

I'm definitely interested, Jeff.

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From: Jeff Noxon <jeff-opendiag@...>
To: opendiag@egroups.com <opendiag@egroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: [opendiag] Circuit board

>All,
>
>I have a functional circuit on a breadboard, based mostly on the design
>posted to the Opendiag web site. It has been tested on a 98 Passat and
>a 98 GTI. The GTI uses two-wire communications (K & L), while the Passat
>uses only the K-wire.
>
>I have also drawn a schematic and board layout in Eagle (www.cadsoft.de).
>I plan to make these files available under GPL very soon. I want to
>make a prototype board first, to make sure it works correctly.
>
>The single-layer board measures 1.25" x 3.5". No surface-mount
>components are used. On one end is a female DB-9 for connection to
>a laptop computer. On the other end is a male DB-9 for connection to
>the automobile. The pinout of the male DB-9 is the same as that used
>by the J1962 cable sold by B&B Electronics. B&B sells the cable for
>$45 shipped. Although it's expensive, it's a very nice moulded cable
>and it was worth the convenience to me.
>
>I have been thinking about having several boards made professionally.
>If anyone would be interested in a kit including all the parts and a
>circuit board, please contact me. I would probably need 10 people, and
>the price will probably be around $35-40. This is for an unbuilt kit
>with no software! If you have used a soldering iron before, it should
>take less than an hour to build. This is not a profit thing for me!
>I am just doing this to gain experience.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff
>
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