OctaDock - ESP-32 Microcontroller
its going to basically be a tiny core micro controller that has more functions and GPIOS ill use them next year in my hack club to teach and demo a lot of projects that ill make over the summer. and i might use them for some other blue print projects if i can get them done fast.
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Blake Mangum
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Blake Mangum
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changed parts on the board for cost and availably
i found out that some of the parts that i was using were pretty expensive and also some were just unavailable so i had to pivot with some things like the battery charger and the accelerometer
Blake Mangum
added to the journal ago
more schematic work close to finishing it
i am very close to finishing the schematic i thought for a while if i wanted to use a crystal oscillator to get super accurate timing in deep sleep mode i still need to figure out what gpio will go to what pin and all of that which should be pretty simple but other than that i think im done with the schematic.
Blake Mangum
added to the journal ago
started working on the schematic
i have been reading about how the esp 32 works and now that i understand it well i have started on the schematic currently it looks pretty bad but i will have it looking better and labeled later
Blake Mangum
added to the journal ago
watched a video and read datasheet on how ESP 32 boards work
i watched a video on how to make a ESP 32 dev board and I've found one that explained it kind of well. it should be a good enough place to start off if i can start to understand the data sheet well it should get easy.
Blake Mangum
started OctaDock - ESP-32 Microcontroller ago
1/5/2026 - watched a video and read datasheet on how ESP 32 boards work
i watched a video on how to make a ESP 32 dev board and I've found one that explained it kind of well. it should be a good enough place to start off if i can start to understand the data sheet well it should get easy.
1/7/2026 11 AM - started working on the schematic
i have been reading about how the esp 32 works and now that i understand it well i have started on the schematic currently it looks pretty bad but i will have it looking better and labeled later
1/7/2026 2 PM - more schematic work close to finishing it
i am very close to finishing the schematic i thought for a while if i wanted to use a crystal oscillator to get super accurate timing in deep sleep mode i still need to figure out what gpio will go to what pin and all of that which should be pretty simple but other than that i think im done with the schematic.
1/17/2026 - changed parts on the board for cost and availably
i found out that some of the parts that i was using were pretty expensive and also some were just unavailable so i had to pivot with some things like the battery charger and the accelerometer