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Cases and jigs

Case

Some designs for a cases and programming jigs have been made for this project.

The case fits the ESP32-board and can optionally house two 1.54" tags, in order to make a compact accesspoint with two additional integrated screens.

boardboard board

Additionally, two other covers van be printed for this case. One blank cover (useful if you just want a flasher, no AP), and one with room for a segmented tag.

boardboard

A 20x20mm hole on top of the ESP32 allows you to add a small heatsink. Very much optional, as the ESP32 shouldn't run all that hot. I kinda like the aesthetics, but you could just make a fully closed case, the ESP32 will be fine.

heatsink

Jigs

The programming jigs use pogo pins to make a connection to the tag, allowing you to flash the alternative firmware without soldering wires.

board

The jigs here make extensive use of the boards found in the 'PCB' folder. This is due to the small pin spacing on the debug header, which doesn't lend itself well to using only a 3D-printer and some pogo pins. Especially on the segmented tag, the tolerances can be quite small. The PCB's mitigate this problem by keeping the pins aligned much better than extruded plastic could. It's possible to make jigs without those PCB's, you can use the jigs shared here.

boardboard

Also, the pins are pretty fragile. By soldering them to an additional board at the upper side of the jig, additional strength is added. It may be necessary to trim the PCB pieces down a bit in order to fit in the jig, or through the debug-header-opening of the tag.

board

The jigs use 1mm pogo pins. Don't use too much force, or you'll break them. Also, don't use your nails to coax them in; they will slip and end up under your fingernails. Ask me how I know.

The PCB under the jig can be fastened by small self-tapping screws. Attach the jig to the flasher using a 10-pin 2x5 1.27mm spacing cable. If you decide to make your own cables, don't be an idiot like me, and make sure you order 0.635mm pitch flatcable. board