First I also thought about using a mega mini, but as you can see in the pictures above the two modules need some space on the pcb too.
Yes, it could be done more compact, but I decided to go with the normal mega because there was a prototyp pcb for that one. Because of this it would be pretty easy to switch the mega board if it fails sometime.
BTW it maybe looks big on the pictures, but if I have it on front of me I don’t have the feeling that is is to big. I think it looks bigger than it is on the pictures. But of course it has the footprint of the arduino mega.
I received my two sticks in perfect working order and they look great, for anyone debating whether it is worth using please read my latest blog where I cover off using these sticks to replace my Xiaomi Gateways.
I will update my color table soon, because I ran out of two colours.
What I want to tell you now is that I have a new special color.
It’s called Filametal and it has aluminium particles in it. It makes it look much like aluminium.
I only have a small spool and I think FFFWorld doesn’t sell it any more.
It’s not a secret, but as posts can’t be edited after some time I don’t want to fix it to a certain value. Price could go up or down in future, I don’t know that yet.
Contact me and I will let you know the current price. Hope you can understand.
I like it but I hesitate to ask the price because I think shipping to North America will make the device considerably more expensive than what it’s originally supposed to be (an inexpensive alternative to commercial Zigbee coordinators).
Trying to make something similar with the ESP32 and openmqtthub (for BLE devices like the MiFlora Sensors).
Goal is to make a similar case and to make it as compact as possible.
