AidanRTaylor
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Hello, my name is Aidan, I'm a research assistant on the LAUGH project: https://www.laughproject.info/
In a nutshell, LAUGH is a social design project seeking to improve the lives of people living with late dementia. I do a lot of the hands-on prototyping as part of my role. I have made quite extensive use of Teensy along with the Prop and Audio shields as part of my prototyping.
I want to be able to streamline prototyping without having hours of wiring on my hands, I would like to make a PCB which would effectively be the Teensy 3.2, SGTL5000 and SD card reader along with some GPIO in a more compact and preferably populated format, but I have never done any more than double-sided unpopulated boards.
I have two questions, first - is Teensy open source hardware/firmware? Can I make a new board using the Cortex-M4 MCU and flash the Teensy firmware onto it? (looking for both legality and feasibility answers here) Is there some base firmware on a Teensy (other than blink) that allows you to flash it with the TeensyLoader?.
Second question is - when you want to order populated boards, how do you do it? How do you get parts to fabrication? How much more does it cost? (looking at probably under 50 boards)
I know that's a few questions sorry! I believe it's for a good cause though - I would really appreciate any insight from your own experience if you are willing to share it.
In a nutshell, LAUGH is a social design project seeking to improve the lives of people living with late dementia. I do a lot of the hands-on prototyping as part of my role. I have made quite extensive use of Teensy along with the Prop and Audio shields as part of my prototyping.
I want to be able to streamline prototyping without having hours of wiring on my hands, I would like to make a PCB which would effectively be the Teensy 3.2, SGTL5000 and SD card reader along with some GPIO in a more compact and preferably populated format, but I have never done any more than double-sided unpopulated boards.
I have two questions, first - is Teensy open source hardware/firmware? Can I make a new board using the Cortex-M4 MCU and flash the Teensy firmware onto it? (looking for both legality and feasibility answers here) Is there some base firmware on a Teensy (other than blink) that allows you to flash it with the TeensyLoader?.
Second question is - when you want to order populated boards, how do you do it? How do you get parts to fabrication? How much more does it cost? (looking at probably under 50 boards)
I know that's a few questions sorry! I believe it's for a good cause though - I would really appreciate any insight from your own experience if you are willing to share it.
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