In order to construct our digital prototypes we need :
- Select a prototyping board
There are a lot of options specially for microcontroller based projects.
We will use initially Arduino duemillanove and later the MSP430 LaunchPad
- Add your extra electronic components into your prototyping board
Add all your components and try to see if your project works under your prototype board.
- From the prototyping board to breadboard
How we can make an arduino board standalone? We will discuss this later. It is pretty easy to accomplish this step.
- Digitize your electronic circuit.
By using Kicad we will design our arduino prototyped board with his extra components.
The procedure from now on is the same as that on analogue electronics. (PCB design and construction)
As you can see there are a lot of questions unanswered.
We will try to cover all these aspects as deep as we can in our next articles.
Stay tuned !