Official Sparky Thread - Sparky Jr USB

Pimpin!!

You stole my thunder haha I was planning on doing just this. But my stick isnt built yet.

32T what is the pitch on the pins (not for the screw terminals) is it .100?

correct… for plug and play led goodness :wink:

Thanks purp… now to get some arceyes

The headers are 1mm, the Screw terminals are 3.5mm

good shit 32teeth! long time coming, and after all that time and work, finally will be ready for the masses. you guys already kno how i feel about these and they are the shit! love the final outcome, so stealthy, could of been called the ninja spark! so i assume that you went with black(ish) for the mask, instead of the dark purple? you kno so i can adjust those for that rendering thing i do :slight_smile: this version is actually right in queue for the next series of renders, great timing! gonna love putting the finishing touches on those and making them look more official :slight_smile:

Really? They look about the same as the spacing on the DIP, which would make them either 0.100" or 2mm if you’re doing that crazy metric thing.

Its definitely 2.54mm (aka 0.1"). I think 32Teeth has been working too hard :stuck_out_tongue:

No, the robots are not infallible. My mistake, they are 001" spacing. I should have provided more oversight on the bots

bad robot!

Looks @ pics of Sparky Jr PWM and face goes O_O. Whispers quietly, can I have one?

is the sparky pwm programmed in C? would it be possible to program in c++?

yep, sadly i had to let one of them go this weekend. but they keep coming back… …damn cylons



Both Sparky Jr and Sparky Jr PWM are the same codebase written in the Arduino IDE, which are based on C/C++.

  1. Download the Arduino IDE
  2. Download the Arduino Files for Sparky from our SVN

you will see the structure is 4 files. your main sketch (pde file), your main class (cpp file) and two h files, one for class definition and the second for configurations

Just noticed from the pics that they have only two mounting holes, and these are both on the same side of the board. Is that enough to keep it in place and stable??

The board dimensions are 1.2" x 2.65" so yes, 2 mounting holes are enough. i typically only ever use one. in other instances i crazy glue one pcb to another. Adding another 2 mounting holes would increase the PCB footprint, which would in turn increase the cost which would be carried onto the end user.

We are currently completing testing on the PWM boards and have been working with a competitive pricing structure which should make everyone happy.

@32teeth
I just finished ordering a Sparky jr pwm and i was wondering where you bought your 90° male headers from? Also i was wondering if you still had the picture of the sparky with all the labels on it? the one with all the letters describing the different areas on the board. just so i know where to soldier the 6 pins to.

just realized that the sparky jr pwm comes assembles with the headers lol…correct me if im wrong.

Yep. The Pre Sale price was for pre assembled versions. They look like this.

The six pin header is a straight header, but is no taller than the screw terminals beside it.
you can connect to it with a female header cable. Jumper Wire - 0.1", 6-pin, 6" - SparkFun Electronics

for this USB BUB, do you have to have it set in a certain configuration as stated in the instructions that come with it? for example, can i just soldier on the female headers as stated in configuration 1 and we’re good to go or do i need to add the 3 pin male header and shunt to it as wel as stated in the other configurations?