Re: [opendiag] Circuit board

From: Bruce Miller <bmiller@...>
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 12:49:26 CEST

Jeff Noxon wrote:

> 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

Hi Jeff, I have a BoardMaker 912 that can mill out PC boards
for small quantities, and prototypes. If I had the schematic and/or
a gerber file, I can make boards (double sided slightly more difficult).
-Bruce

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