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This board goes inline between a host CPU and an OLED (or similar) I2C graphical display. Its purpose is to convert the graphical display into a character-based display, removing the overhead of font rendering and pixel transfer over the slow I2C bus from the host.

Note that the CPU here is the ATmega328PB (PB version) with dual I2C ports. 12 MHz was chosen for the ceramic resonator, instead of 16MHz or 20 MHz, so that it will run at 3.3v within the specs given in the datasheet. You may, however, be able to overclock it successfully, especially if running at 5v.

ERRATA: Some I2C displays, like the common SSD1309 2.42" OLED module, require a longer reset pulse than this board currently provides, particularly if the power supply on the display takes a while to settle. If you find your display doesn’t boot correctly, but instead only has a screen garbled with random dots or is otherwise behaving erratically, replace C3 (currently a 0.1uF) with a larger value. It’s recommended to go ahead and make this change during assembly and use a 10uF for C3 of the same ceramic type as C1. During testing, switching C3 from a 0.1uF to a 10uF part has resolved all power-on reset issues encountered.

Driver board for a Dual-Resonance Solid-State Musical Tesla Coil. This version is a mix of the V1 Version and the V2 Version.

This version uses the original UCC37322 drivers (only in the MSOP-PowerPAD footprint instead) and runs on +15V like the V1, but includes the Skip Pulse and thermal limiter input logic from the V2.

The general layout also conforms to the V2 format and is designed to be mounted upright like the V2 instead of upside-down like the V1.

Note: Change RV2 and/or R20 to adjust the SG3525 PLL circuit for your coil’s resonant frequency. With the values of 2K for RV2 and 1K for R20, as labeled, it works for a coil with an approximate resonant frequency of 200-250kHz. Changing them, for example, to 10K for RV2 and 6.8K for R20, it works for a coil that’s approximately 45-100kHz. The exact range is dependent on the dead-time setting, as it alters the frequency slightly, and by component tolerance and circuit parasitics. Refer to the SG3525 datasheet for the frequency equations. Note that FreqOut is 2x the resonant frequency due to the SG3525 dividing the frequency for the dual outputs. The Free-Running frequency of the PLL should be set to about 5% less than 2x the primary circuit resonant.

ERRATA: There is a logic error in the lockout circuit that causes a race-condition with the U9 flip-flop (74LVC1G74) between the fiber-optic edge detect signal on the set-input and the main fiber-optic signal on the clock pin. This can cause the system to never start and results in only a short burst of output at the beginning of each interrupter pulse, and it also prevents the skip-pulse mode from working at all.

To resolve, the fiber optic input signal needs to be removed from pin 1 of U9. And the skip-pulse signal on pin 2 needs to move to pin 1. And pin 2 needs to get tied to +5v. To do this, cut the trace leading into pin 1 of U9 (leaving the 90-degree junction intact where it runs under U4), and cut the trace leading into pin 2 of U9 between U9 and resistor R52. Solder a jumper between pin 1 of U9 and R52, on the end where the trace to pin 2 was cut (this takes care of moving the skip-pulse signal from pin 2 to pin 1). And solder a small jumper wire to pin 2 of U9 that runs to +5v. The closest and probably most convenient point for +5v is the far end of capacitor C40, which is the power decoupling capacitor for U9. This jumper can be quite tricky as it has to solder to a single pin on a TSSOP package (0.65mm pin-spacing).

This errata will be resolved in V3.1.

Dual Resonance Solid-State Tesla Coil Full-Bridge V2.1. Replaces the older V2 version. This version uses larger barrier connectors and has wider feeder traces with solder-mask to allow for reflow-solder to increase current capacity. Suggested to use 2oz copper.

LCD Shield Host Board for the AN3813K BLDC VCR Cylinder Motor Driver Arduino Shield PID Version V2 board. Designed for use with the Waveshield 3.2" Touch LCD Shield #13584.

This is the STM32F103 replacement for the AN3813K BLDC VCR Cylinder Motor Driver Arduino Shield PID Version V1 board.

PID Loop version of the AN3813K Brushless DC Motor Driver Arduino Shield for use with VCR Cylinder Motors. PID Loop Control done via on-board STM32F103CBT6 coprocessor. The I2C master communicates with the on-board DACs used to drive the AN3813K chip and the slave I2C communicates with the main processor via the Arduino header pins.

All smaller surface mount discrete parts are 0805 footprint except for the higher current resistors which are 1206 parts.

Note: Populate either C1-C3 with R1-R3 or populate C12-C14 without R1-R3. C1-C3 is a low-side filter and C12-C14 is a high-side filter. Only one set is needed. Preference is generally for C12-C14. In either case, those capacitors should be bipolar.