Question building a home grown E-block2 DAC board.

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Not sure if I'm posting in the correct area of the forum. MoD please let me know if I need to move this to the proper forum area

I've bought both the BL0011 and the BL0114 boards and learning what I need for a PIC project.
There is not a DAC Eblock2 board available and I would like to build an Eblock2 board specific to a DAC.
Looking at the Eblock2 datasheet each board utilizes a PIC10F200. From what I've learned the PIC10F200 is to tell the software that a specific board is plugged in.
I've built the PCB footprint for the Harting connector in Proteus that I'll use in my project when the time comes to get a PCB ordered.
My questions are
1. Can I plug a homegrown DAC Eboard into the BL0011 without any compatibility issues?
2. If so, is the PIC10F200 code available or proprietary?
3. If not, are the ports open even though the BL0011 I'm guessing would not recognize any homegrown board is plugged in?

Thank you

[BenR]

Hello,

Some answers for you here.

1. Can I plug a homegrown DAC Eboard into the BL0011 without any compatibility issues?

Yes as long as the power rail pins and data pins match up you should be absolutley fine.

2. If so, is the PIC10F200 code available or proprietary?

The PIC10F device is there for official boards and informs Flowcode of what's plugged in, you shouldn't need to worry about it. For v11 we have implemented an auto project setup wizard using the auto ID system but other then that it's just driving a list in Flowcode saying what boards are connecetd.

3. If not, are the ports open even though the BL0011 I'm guessing would not recognize any homegrown board is plugged in?

Yes the ports are all wired directly to the MCU.

This board may be of interest for future projects if you don't fancy making your own.
https://www.matrixtsl.com/webshop/e-blo ... ype-board/