Hello, is there somebody on the forum who can tell me what protoboard this is ? I want to expand the hardware but I can not find the type of board, it connects the Arduino 2560 ch340g. The project is an autopilot board for my simulator and the maker forgot to add a led output, he used a led driver with 16 leds but I need 17, he is not cooperative enough to tell me what type of board he used.
Thank you
Where did you get it from?
Looks like some sort of breakout board for a MEGA2560 PRO.
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It is a part of an autopilot system for my simulator, it came from HongKong (CockpitPhd) and I discovered that 1 LED is not wired, They used a LED driver for 16 LED but you need 17 LED for the entire autopilot. I want to connect that missing LED to a free output of the 2560 but I need a wire layout of this board, they refuse to tell me which type it is. So it a kind of a puzzle which type, I can not find it after hours of Googling, so maybe the forum can be some kind of help.
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Hello, yes it is a prototype board for the Arduino 2560 CH340G with MK32 connectors on it
Can you tell me which type it is ?
Regards Wim
Di you mean the board on the photo or something different? I don't see any leds on it, it is an empty.
Please explain more clearly what do you try to achieve? Are you going to use this board to wire the single led?
Hello, yes I want to use the board to add 1 extra LED they told me that I could use the circled pin at the board, but I do not trust this as long as I can not see what is connected to it.
Here you can see the entire system, I do not want to damage the Arduino by connecting something I do not trust.
Sorry, but I still not understand, where do you want to connect the led and why do you need an extra protoboard for it?
Could you please point the led in the pictures?
The arduino is already programmed I can use some knd of configurator program to alter the config file I need to add this in the cfg file and connect the led
#49 is a 5-segment switch
l2 Ap is the added light
Add to pin 2
Resistor 1k
I want to use this board because of the existing connections
so this board is not something you can buy on the open general market, it's something they crafted specifically for their autopilot system
if they told you pin #x is not used by their board, why wouldn't you trust them?
I do not think this is made by that shop, if you look at the complete build it is really amateuristic, the connection board looks really professionel. I asked them why they did not connect one of the most important LEDs they were not honest to admit it, that is why I do not trust them anymore
What's the difference between adding the led to the existing board or to extra PCB, if you going to use the same pin?
Of course it is your choice, but I would be solder the led to the existing board.
Adding the whole board for single led is too much as for me...
Yes I will test it by soldering extra wire and LED to this existing board, thanks
what do you call the connection board? the red PCB ? you can design one like that and order it with very little skills.
The red circuitboard is made in a factory it has connection lines all over , you can not solder this yourself
Was that an answer to me? We are saying the same thing. You order those from the PCB manufacturers, that one does not look like rocket science
Getting PCBs made is really very easy and cheap. I am doing it now!
I also suspect the proto board is something custom made. It's about the very least you could do if making short run products from mostly off the shelf parts.
However, if you unsure of the connections, you don't even need a basic multimeter, just an LED, a battery and some wire.
Thank you all for your replies.