I used to build projects like you describe, with front panels, switches, knobs, screens, etc. But now, I just use the IOT capabilities of ESP32 to serve a web page. If you use a web page, any phone or desktop can operate your device. All the controls and output displays are on the page. This has tons of advantages. Cheaper and easier to build, gets rid of most of those wires. Easy to change if you want to add a feature. You get to use the superb display on the user's phone. By using ESP32, you get 40 times the power and memory of Arduino, plus internet and bluetooth, at an even lower price.
Yes absolutely!!! ❤️ if I find an excuse to use a wifi interface I will. Not good for all situations (such as a water dispenser) but if I can avoid wiring completely i use them. I have also be playing with linux install on Milk-V duo a.aliexpress.com/_opHBvTx Amazing what can be embedded these days… Thanks for your comment and for watching 🙏
3:29 love this concept. The pile of bits and bobs you build up here is a little different from the pile of bits and bobs I’d make. Like you though, my personal pile of bits and bobs would suffice for most of the projects I have in my head. It’s like boilerplate code but in PCB form.
Thank you so much for taking the time to document and share this wonderful project. Great inspiration for ideas. Will be adapting your concept for use with Raspberry Pico's which are the main MCU's I'm developing with at this time. Could you please share the name of the CAD software used ??.(the one used to design the 3D printed covers).... SUBSCRIBED ! .... Cheers from Houston, Texas 😊!
Hello in Texas! Thanks for your comment. Glad that you found the video useful. I am thinking about making a Raspberry Pico version of the Banano Board also. If I do I will try and keep the physical locations of the display, buttons, encoder and mounting holes the same so I get reuse of the designs used for the Banano Board. The CAD system I used was Shapr3D.
@@ElectroBananasYT If we're going to be requesting other boards, I would like to put a vote in for the ESP's. I know there are a ton of ESP variants, but maybe the DOIT board series? They are fast little boards that support bluetooth and WIFI and are quite a bit less expensive than the Nano 33 IOT I think that your board supports.
we know you willed or helped that micro-controller to fail ! Brilliant work! I have to look into this Chat GPT thing, do i need a pc or internet? .......
My said something similar! 😅 with regards to asking Chat GPT to help with coding, take a look at video below from Dave. The trick is to ask it to help with coding in sections, one function at a time. You need to put thought into asking the right question and give context. Let me know how you get on! th-cam.com/video/g5_Ts9SWbYs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XpHd7P-p_wZvOwqa
Nice video and good project. A halfway point might be off the shelf protoboards for a specific microcontroller, or even Adafruit’s picowbell or feather wings.
If you were developing a prototype for mass manufacture, all those buttons and windows would be part of the same compliant mechanism, developed using the same process you already explored.
The entire concept could have been communicated much quicker. I guess some people like long meandering videos with a surplus of extra words. Not a bad concept, just presented in a fashion that I find a bit slow and boring. Good luck to you though.
Hello, thanks for the comment. And there was me thinking it was too brief 😅. Just goes to show how we all see the world differently. Well thanks for watching (and tolerating) the video. Wishing you well too.
@ElectroBananasYT Excellent video and perfect length. Most of us watching are actually here for doing the same or similar things ourselves. This video gives us at least a chance to do so. Thanks for covering all the steps and for giving us brief views of how this looks in reality as well as what to think about when designing a solution like this one (HW, SW, 3D CAD). Please don't make it shorter or cut anything of this out. Excellent video and great tips 👍. Thank You.
@@ElectroBananasYT I agree. It was a kind reply. I couldn't help tease though. My original comment was not meant to be unkind. I have found that creators choose a range of paces for their videos and that can sometimes dictate what audience they capture or the number. I figure that if you don't know that some of us digest information a little quicker and can get impatient with long form presentation for simple concepts, you'll never have the opportunity to reach that audience. Probably not what you want to hear, but perhaps what you need to hear.
I used to build projects like you describe, with front panels, switches, knobs, screens, etc. But now, I just use the IOT capabilities of ESP32 to serve a web page. If you use a web page, any phone or desktop can operate your device. All the controls and output displays are on the page. This has tons of advantages. Cheaper and easier to build, gets rid of most of those wires. Easy to change if you want to add a feature. You get to use the superb display on the user's phone.
By using ESP32, you get 40 times the power and memory of Arduino, plus internet and bluetooth, at an even lower price.
Yes absolutely!!! ❤️ if I find an excuse to use a wifi interface I will. Not good for all situations (such as a water dispenser) but if I can avoid wiring completely i use them. I have also be playing with linux install on Milk-V duo
a.aliexpress.com/_opHBvTx
Amazing what can be embedded these days… Thanks for your comment and for watching 🙏
This board is going to be enormously handy to a lot of people 👍
Thank you for your contribution to the Maker community !! 🍻
Thanks Edward, appreciate that.
Thank you very much for this 😊
3:29 love this concept. The pile of bits and bobs you build up here is a little different from the pile of bits and bobs I’d make. Like you though, my personal pile of bits and bobs would suffice for most of the projects I have in my head. It’s like boilerplate code but in PCB form.
Amazing ..Thank you. I tried to give you 500 thumbs up but I couldn't 👏👏👏
Thank you very much. I hope the video was useful.
Thank you so much for taking the time to document and share this wonderful project. Great inspiration for ideas. Will be adapting your concept for use with Raspberry Pico's which are the main MCU's I'm developing with at this time. Could you please share the name of the CAD software used ??.(the one used to design the 3D printed covers).... SUBSCRIBED ! .... Cheers from Houston, Texas 😊!
Hello in Texas! Thanks for your comment. Glad that you found the video useful. I am thinking about making a Raspberry Pico version of the Banano Board also. If I do I will try and keep the physical locations of the display, buttons, encoder and mounting holes the same so I get reuse of the designs used for the Banano Board. The CAD system I used was Shapr3D.
@@ElectroBananasYT If we're going to be requesting other boards, I would like to put a vote in for the ESP's. I know there are a ton of ESP variants, but maybe the DOIT board series? They are fast little boards that support bluetooth and WIFI and are quite a bit less expensive than the Nano 33 IOT I think that your board supports.
What an inspiring project. Thank you for putting this together.
Thank you for the kind comment Ben.
we know you willed or helped that micro-controller to fail ! Brilliant work! I have to look into this Chat GPT thing, do i need a pc or internet? .......
My said something similar! 😅 with regards to asking Chat GPT to help with coding, take a look at video below from Dave. The trick is to ask it to help with coding in sections, one function at a time. You need to put thought into asking the right question and give context. Let me know how you get on! th-cam.com/video/g5_Ts9SWbYs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XpHd7P-p_wZvOwqa
The rickroller would be a disposable MCU dev board so cheap you can drop it off at a pa system and don't have to recover it afterwards.
Yes the Nano was only $3
@@ElectroBananasYT I managed to rickroll my school twice when the anthem comes up
😂
Fantastic projects, and great implementation!
Thank you very much Robert 🙏😊
Nice video and good project. A halfway point might be off the shelf protoboards for a specific microcontroller, or even Adafruit’s picowbell or feather wings.
Hello, thanks! Yes I could not find something that met my general needs and so ended up making the Banano Board. Appreciate the comment 🙏
Any chance of getting some links for the rotary encoder, oled displays , arduinos
and the wire looms?
Hello, I have put links to buy these parts in the description.
@@ElectroBananasYTthanks! Appreciate the links
Awesome video, well thought out and useful examples !! 🎉🎉
Thank you very much
If you were developing a prototype for mass manufacture, all those buttons and windows would be part of the same compliant mechanism, developed using the same process you already explored.
Thanks for the comment. That is interesting to know 😊
That's lush that is.❤
You mean gert lush? 😍
@ElectroBananasYT I learned it from watching Gavin and Stacey.
You meant 55 by 85mm not cm right?
Hello, oops. Yes, thanks for pointing that out 🙏👍
The entire concept could have been communicated much quicker. I guess some people like long meandering videos with a surplus of extra words. Not a bad concept, just presented in a fashion that I find a bit slow and boring. Good luck to you though.
Hello, thanks for the comment. And there was me thinking it was too brief 😅. Just goes to show how we all see the world differently. Well thanks for watching (and tolerating) the video. Wishing you well too.
@ElectroBananasYT
Excellent video and perfect length. Most of us watching are actually here for doing the same or similar things ourselves. This video gives us at least a chance to do so. Thanks for covering all the steps and for giving us brief views of how this looks in reality as well as what to think about when designing a solution like this one (HW, SW, 3D CAD). Please don't make it shorter or cut anything of this out. Excellent video and great tips 👍. Thank You.
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for your kind words. Good to know it was useful. 🙏
@@ElectroBananasYT I agree. It was a kind reply. I couldn't help tease though.
My original comment was not meant to be unkind.
I have found that creators choose a range of paces for their videos and that can sometimes dictate what audience they capture or the number.
I figure that if you don't know that some of us digest information a little quicker and can get impatient with long form presentation for simple concepts, you'll never have the opportunity to reach that audience.
Probably not what you want to hear, but perhaps what you need to hear.
Thank you!! ☺️ Not going to change my style though 👍