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Just got my shipments of parts, Nano 28 kit and Nano 8 and board. I cannot find much info on the boards, ie the power for the 18/28 proto board, anything over 6 volts up to 9ish? Looks like a 5 volt reg on board. Center positive? Is there a data sheet somewhere? The website product page only has the link to the Sample Code, which is the same as all the other Sample Code links.

Re the Nano8 microcontroller board, I see the 3 serial? pins and the 3 power pins, +, -, ~. What is the ~ pin, AC? signal?....? and this DC input is only +5volts, yes? The product description states on board regulator or connect to your own power supply but does not state what voltage range. So if you connect your own power supply, it must be 1-2 volts above the on board reg, no? so again, over 6 volts?

Sorry, I know pretty rudimentary questions but I could not find the docs and don't want to become frustrated before I even get started so hoping you can put me on the right track. Maybe just the links are not there but the data is...? I fouind a good tutorial on the BASIC Atom but not so much on the Nano product line. On the 18/28 Nano project kit description, the link takes you to the Motor controller board but Dale confirmed with me that it should be the Micro controller board that goes with that kit?

I know we can eventually figure this stuff out but it is nice to have a good clean start, I think.

Thanks

~ is the unregulated power. + is the regulated power and - is ground.

So if you want to use the onboard regulator connect your DC power supply to - and ~. Anything from 6v to 12v should work fine for the power supply.

If you have a regulated 5v power source connect to + and - instead.

I'm not sure if the datasheets are done yet and the link is just bad or not. I'll ask Dale as soon as I can.

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That is what I needed to know. Glad I did not jump in...I would have let the smoke out of something....

Thanks

I will look forward to finding out the datasheets are available.

Have a good weekend.

I found some info in the Basic Micro Manual ie power supply 6-9 volt, center positive. Not much on the Microcontroller boards though but the rest of the manual looks good. I had not gone there yet as I thought it was more about the programming....

Thanks again