SMD Connectors for Inter board connections
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Hi guys,
Hope every one are doing well . I'm in need of suggestions for SMD board to board connectors. I'm not able to wrap my head around different connectors available out there.
I'm having a ring something like as shown below. The blocks colored in red, pink, blue and dark pink are the connectors. I would like to get your suggestions on what kind of SMD connectors best suites my project.-
The connector must not be too high.
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They must be easy to interface with other rings same like these through wires.
Suggestions are much appreciated.
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Hi @kowshik1729, There are several methods you can check. I can list some.
- Male and female smd header pins: You can use smd female and male headers to connect two boards.
Manufacturer BOOMELE(Boom Precision Elec)
Mfr.Part # C53390
LCSC Part # C53390
Manufacturer Amphenol ICC
Mfr.Part # 20021121-00020C4LF
LCSC Part # C239061- Ribbon Cables
- Socket and Plug
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@salmanfaris I'm looking for something very small and with less pin count(probably 4). Something like as shown below.
but I need a connecting wire that correctly fits these connectors. So, Can you suggest me a receptacle and wire pair?
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@kowshik1729 But you need to stack the PCB on top another right?
If you need these type connector you can check Seeed Grove connector with grove cable or Sparkfun Qwiic with Qwiic cable
Seeed Grove
Sparkfun Qwiic
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@salmanfaris No, I will not stack the PCBs on top of each other. I'll be daisy-chaining them, I guess the second picture which you kept is good but are those connectors SMD?
I need strictly SMD.
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@kowshik1729 If you need to stack the PCB, then check the first comment I made all of them are SMD
@kowshik1729 said in SMD Connectors for Inter board connections:
Something like as shown below.
In the second comment you shown JST connector and that's a horizontal connector, you can't stack PCB vertically with that.
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@salmanfaris Great. Can I know the manufacturer part number please? It would be easy for me to take my design to production easily.
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@kowshik1729 Sure, I already mentioned that in the post itself, please check.
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@kowshik1729 The Sparkfun Qwiic Connector Libray can be found in the Sparkfun Eagle library under SparkFun-Connectors.lbr->Qwiic Connector.
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@zainmuhammed Can try capturing the GPS when the device is starting the loop instead after joining the LoRaWAN and see?
You can put the GPS value on top of the loop or setup function.
Also, what kind of gateway are you using? Is it configured okay, OTA is done?
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@salmanfaris Today I tried after connecting a 18650 cell,
Data getting in console after integration of both lora and gps.
here you can see that GPS value is 0,0. also in my previous post you can see that GPS value is not reading.
Also the status LED is active after it is connected to the satellite. -
Hi @zainmuhammed ,
Can you share the GPS and LoRa output when it’s working?
Also can try capturing the GPS when the device is starting the loop instead after joining the LoRaWAN and see?
Also make sure the device provides have enough to modules. The GPS need more power when you cold start.
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@zainmuhammed
#include <Arduino.h> #include <U8x8lib.h> #include <TinyGPS++.h> #include <SoftwareSerial.h> static const int RXPin = 1, TXPin = 2; static const uint32_t GPSBaud = 9600; // The TinyGPS++ object TinyGPSPlus gps; // The serial connection to the GPS device SoftwareSerial ss(RXPin, TXPin); U8X8_SSD1306_128X64_NONAME_HW_I2C u8x8(/*reset=*/U8X8_PIN_NONE); // U8X8_SSD1306_128X64_NONAME_SW_I2C u8x8(/*clock=*/ SCL, /*data=*/ SDA, /*reset=*/ U8X8_PIN_NONE); // OLEDs without Reset of the Display static char recv_buf[512]; static bool is_exist = false; static bool is_join = false; static int led = 0; static int at_send_check_response(char *p_ack, int timeout_ms, char *p_cmd, ...) { int ch; int num = 0; int index = 0; int startMillis = 0; va_list args; char cmd_buffer[256]; // Adjust the buffer size as needed memset(recv_buf, 0, sizeof(recv_buf)); va_start(args, p_cmd); vsprintf(cmd_buffer, p_cmd, args); // Format the command string Serial1.print(cmd_buffer); Serial.print(cmd_buffer); va_end(args); delay(200); startMillis = millis(); if (p_ack == NULL) { return 0; } do { while (Serial1.available() > 0) { ch = Serial1.read(); recv_buf[index++] = ch; Serial.print((char)ch); delay(2); } if (strstr(recv_buf, p_ack) != NULL) { return 1; } } while (millis() - startMillis < timeout_ms); return 0; } static void recv_prase(char *p_msg) { if (p_msg == NULL) { return; } char *p_start = NULL; int data = 0; int rssi = 0; int snr = 0; p_start = strstr(p_msg, "RX"); if (p_start && (1 == sscanf(p_start, "RX: \"%d\"\r\n", &data))) { Serial.println(data); u8x8.setCursor(2, 4); u8x8.print("led :"); led = !!data; u8x8.print(led); if (led) { digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); } else { digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH); } } p_start = strstr(p_msg, "RSSI"); if (p_start && (1 == sscanf(p_start, "RSSI %d,", &rssi))) { u8x8.setCursor(0, 6); u8x8.print(" "); u8x8.setCursor(2, 6); u8x8.print("rssi:"); u8x8.print(rssi); } p_start = strstr(p_msg, "SNR"); if (p_start && (1 == sscanf(p_start, "SNR %d", &snr))) { u8x8.setCursor(0, 7); u8x8.print(" "); u8x8.setCursor(2, 7); u8x8.print("snr :"); u8x8.print(snr); } } void setup(void) { u8x8.begin(); u8x8.setFlipMode(1); u8x8.setFont(u8x8_font_chroma48medium8_r); ss.begin(GPSBaud); Serial.begin(GPSBaud); pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH); Serial1.begin(9600); Serial.print("E5 LORAWAN TEST\r\n"); u8x8.setCursor(0, 0); if (at_send_check_response("+AT: OK", 100, "AT\r\n")) { is_exist = true; at_send_check_response("+ID: DevEui", 1000, "AT+ID=DevEui,\"xxxxx\"\r\n"); // replace 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' with your DevEui at_send_check_response("+ID: AppEui", 1000, "AT+ID=AppEui,\"xxxxxxx\"\r\n"); // replace 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' with your AppEui at_send_check_response("+KEY: APPKEY", 1000, "AT+KEY=APPKEY,\"xxxxxxxxx\"\r\n"); // replace 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx' with your AppKey at_send_check_response("+ID: DevAddr", 1000, "AT+ID=DevAddr\r\n"); at_send_check_response("+ID: AppEui", 1000, "AT+ID\r\n"); at_send_check_response("+MODE: LWOTAA", 1000, "AT+MODE=LWOTAA\r\n"); at_send_check_response("+DR: IN865", 1000, "AT+DR=IN865\r\n"); // Change FREQ as per your location at_send_check_response("+CH: NUM", 1000, "AT+CH=NUM,0-2\r\n"); at_send_check_response("+CLASS: C", 1000, "AT+CLASS=A\r\n"); at_send_check_response("+PORT: 8", 1000, "AT+PORT=8\r\n"); delay(200); u8x8.setCursor(5, 0); u8x8.print("LoRaWAN"); is_join = true; } else { is_exist = false; Serial.print("No E5 module found.\r\n"); u8x8.setCursor(0, 1); u8x8.print("unfound E5 !"); } u8x8.setCursor(2, 4); u8x8.print("led :"); u8x8.print(led); } void loop(void) { if (is_exist) { int ret = 0; if (is_join) { ret = at_send_check_response("+JOIN: Network joined", 12000, "AT+JOIN\r\n"); if (ret) { is_join = false; } else { at_send_check_response("+ID: AppEui", 1000, "AT+ID\r\n"); Serial.print("JOIN failed!\r\n\r\n"); delay(5000); } } else { gps.encode(ss.read()); float a=gps.location.lat(); float b=gps.location.lng(); Serial.println(a); Serial.println(b); char cmd[128]; sprintf(cmd, "AT+CMSGHEX=\"%04X%04X\"\r\n", (float)a,(float)b); ret = at_send_check_response("Done", 5000, cmd); if (ret) { recv_prase(recv_buf); } else { Serial.print("Send failed!\r\n\r\n"); } delay(5000); } } else { delay(1000); } }
this is the code