Open source Wiren Board

Today we decided to take an important step in the development of the Wiren Board platform: open the source files of the Wiren Board 2.8 board.

Open Hardware is a relatively new trend in the world of hardware development. But it is he who makes it possible to launch dozens of new projects and beginning developers.
The Wiren Board platform itself was created using the open hardware processor module - Olinuxino Micro . This significantly lowered our “entry threshold” for us: we used a ready-made module from a third-party manufacturer, and at the same time we could not be afraid of ending its production, pricing policy, etc. And at the same time, we could modify it to fit our needs.

Why we did it

The Wiren Board was created as a platform for the development of any useful automation: ACS, meter reading, etc. We sometimes receive offers from customers to finalize the board for their needs. But last week, we successfully opened a pre-order for a controller for home automation Wiren Board Smart HomeTherefore, in the next couple of months we will concentrate only in this direction. There is still a lot of work ahead - we need to write documentation, do examples of work, test new peripherals. And so that the Wiren Board does not disappear as a platform while we are busy with the “smart home”, we decided to put the source files (circuit and trace) openly. The board is two-layer, the minimum size of the components is 0805, so all this is not difficult for repetition and manual soldering. True, the two chips are still in QFN, but it didn’t work out differently.

You should not take it as an example of the art of circuitry :-), but the board is fully working, it has been tested many times, including by dozens of buyers - you can safely use it in your projects.

Actually

Source files and description on our wiki.

Instead of a conclusion

And we continue to collect pre-orders for the controller for home automation Wiren Board Smart Home - more in our previous article .