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Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:53 pm
by bitninja
I came across this site...
http://www.micropython.net.cn/ and was wondering what boards these are most similar too. Most of the site is in Chinese, so I can't tell very much. Are these Pyboard compatible clones... or are they more like the STM Discovery boards?
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:19 pm
by loboris
There are couple of
pyboard compatible boards like
this or
this one and some
direct clones
Look at the
Google translated page
Same for
TPYBoard_V102
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 7:35 am
by cefn
What is the moral/legal status of these? Illegal, stolen intellectual property or legitimate reuse of open-licensed designs. Not sure the licensing status of pyboard.
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 9:10 am
by deshipu
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:00 pm
by bitninja
Well I couldn't help myself...
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The build quality was so-so in my opinion, as I expected. But it does work with everything I've tried so far.
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 6:46 pm
by loboris
bitninja wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 6:00 pm
The build quality was so-so in my opinion, as I expected. But it does work with everything I've tried so far.
Could you give more details about
"so-so" build quality rating, please.
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 12:34 am
by bitninja
Don't get me wrong, I am happy with the board... it's just some of the finishing work like the headers... they were soldered in pretty quickly apparently...
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Notice the angle?
And some of the soldering is kind of blobish.
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It's not terrible by any measure... the fine-pitch work is good and the silk-screening is aligned well and readable... even at the very edges of the board.
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:35 am
by pythoncoder
An interesting test would be measure the current consumption after issuing pyb.standby(). A Pyboard V1.1 will take about 6μA. If they've used a cheapskate regulator it will be higher.
Re: Chinese Micropython Clones(?)
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 2:52 pm
by bitninja
I don't have the equipment with me to run a test, but I can say that they seem to have used a "662K" regulator...
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Which leads me to this info...
https://www.mikrocontroller.net/attachm ... 6206N3.pdf
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