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Okay.
Couldn't wait to do that stuff. Found a project buy some german guy (some blog with 'chaos' in its name) with this can bus sniffer.
Took his schematics, removed connectors and 232 chip. Added some pinheads for UART (wanna connect it to bluetooth module), and stepper motors (may be I need to add ADC?). This way I can use mega8 to drive stepper motors directly (if there's enough memory space) or could send data over serial to some tiny85 chip that would control the needle.

Wanna fit it into 1sq.in. and order it from oshpark: few questions:
What are the rest unused pins on MCP2515? why vref is not used on 2551? what's the purpose of jp6 and those resistors?

On the discovery side I'll be using TJA1050 (do I need voltage divider if I power it from 5v?)

Any ideas/comments?

hm. seems that would be almost impossible? anyone wllling to beat this challenge? (oh! there are two layers! beside, I could use 0805 instead of 1206)

FYI http://rusefi.com/wiki/index.php?title=Manual:Hardware:CAN_sniffer

i know, but my purpose is exactly the opposite. i have a bunch of special stepper motors, and i want to use them to retrofit my old and stylish analog dashboard. i don't want to waste discovery, which is not the best option and actually is an overkill in this case.

What drives the stepper? It would seem that part of the schematic is missing, perhaps an add-on board.

I'm guessing that JP6 is a misc input. Jumpers might set the software to a different mode, or something like that.

The MCP2515 pins 12, 14,15,16 are a serial interface, reset is a manual reset device, and I don't know init.

2551 vref is that pins VDD/2. So not required in this case for anything.

steppers are driven directly by microcontroller
.so do you think i will cope with putting all this into 1 sq.in? (5$shipped)

If you change the XTAL's and resistor to a different package, you can probable get it. You also have several test jacks, which could change, or could be put under a chip and accessed from one side of the board, as they are just test jacks.

smd XTALs occupy almost the same space. besides, I don't have test jacks - all of them will become proper pins. First, the task is place all the big components and outer pads, and then I'd populate resistors and capacitors on the other side of the board.
or I could put mega on the top, and the controller - on the bottom (just below mega)? - that would save some lots of space.

haven't decided yet if i need those capacitor in the top right corner.

how much does this work usually cost if doing that with freelancer?

I hate eagle's ugly autorouter. is kicad any better? will it take long to move the schematics from eagle?

Yes KICAD is better, as it has lost the autorouter I hate autorouters. You spend more time trying to make it work correctly.

Not sure about freelancer. I've always done it myself, but am short time time currently.

okay
flipped several pins and removed a LED and couple of caps.
at least it seems now I connect everything i need (with few vias) Decided to go without oshpark but with a local guy who would do that fast and cheap. as of now the board is five by five cms

I got the following mess. Any ideas how to improve it?

I would suggest you make the back a GND flood, then punch through all GND's as close to the pin as possible. This will likely remove many of your traces as well it will make significant'y better PCB layout design.

Also see XTAL cases in this picture http://www.picfun.com/parts/xtal1.jpg Take note of the XTAL on the right, it's small with thru hole leads, which allows you to mount the XTAL above the PCB, allowing you to crowd components very close to the XTAL, using almost no PCB space.

I would also suggest using 45 degree angle, instead of 90 degree angles.

All in all looking good. Keep up the effort.

okay. changed it a bit. added couple of adc inputs (and LEDs for debugging purposes)
don't know why that would be any better tho..
Hope that guy is still accepting orders. in that case this board would seemingly cost me less than 3$ shipped! (no silkscreen, no solder mask, no bias, just copper and drills)

here how it looks like.
altogether: top layer: bottom layer: already got the parts shipped. hope to receive them within the next couple of weeks (moscow snail mail!)

turned out, that guy stopped providing his services because of some difficulties… I hate these FX rates, but will probably have to go oshpark. Still want to reduce the board size…
UPD seems, I found another cheap place

okay. placed an order. just one board. jut $3 shipped. expect toget it in a week. the parts are on the way. meanwhile, i want to read CAN from discovery with my logic analyzer. any tutorials on enabling canbus in rover setup?

got the chips. waiting for the board and tutorial

http://www.mictronics.de/projects/usb-can-bus/

i have that and use that

mine is a different one, but also from germany.
could you please explain if you were reading the can messages from rusefi - what were the settings? (pins, baud rates, config menus, etc.)

mama

testing tapatalk. here's the can module assembled..

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