This is great, I've been working on stuff like this as well, using LoRa.
I'm in the same boat and looking to learn pcb design to make my own hardware. Any recommendations you can give?
I'm in the same boat and looking to learn pcb design to make my own hardware. Any recommendations you can give?
My process is largely:
- mock it up with arduino boards
- mock it up on a breadboard with straight chips wired up like an Arduino but without all the stuff I don't need
- make a KiCad design that matches that
- make the PCBs, realize I made a few holes the wrong size, make more PCBs
- build, test, use
- plan to do it without the Arduino parts, but then give up after trying and failing to make Atmel Studio do anything
gosh no. avr-gcc, avr-libc, avrdude are all you need. Email is in my profile if you have specific questions.