TicTacLights USB RetrofitEnglish

project overview
Year	2015
Number of pixels
Grayscales / Colors
Illuminant
Power input
Contact person	Arne Rossius
Project website

The TicTacLights USB Retrofit is a small PCB that extends older revisions of the TicTacLights and TicTacLights Colour with a USB port which can be used for power supply as well as data transfer (MCUF streaming) through a virtual serial port. The PCB contains a Mini USB-B jack, a CH340G USB to UART converter IC and the associated passive components. It is compatible with the following revisions of the TicTacLights:

• TicTacLights (monochrome):
  • Rev. 1.0
  • Rev. 2.0
  • Rev. 3.0
• TicTacLights Colour
  • Rev. 1.0

Starting from TicTacLights 4.0 and TicTacLights Colour 2.0, the entire USB functionality is already included on the main PCB and the Retrofit is no longer required.

Hardware

• Schematic (PNG)
• Schematic (EAGLE file, version 4.x)
• PCB Layout (EAGLE file, version 4.x)
• Construction Kit Instructions for PCB Rev. 1
• Windows Driver for CH340G

The installation of the Retrofit into the TicTacLights (Colour) is described in the construction kit instructions.

Photos

More photos here: http://arne.blinkenarea.org/TicTacLights%20USB%20Retrofit/gallery.htm.