Show status with led. Minor reliability improvements.#1
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Show status with led. Minor reliability improvements.#1ignaciobfp wants to merge 4 commits intombcapece3:mainfrom
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Onboard LED now is solid when waiting for powerup, and blinks indefiniltely when pulses have been sent. Process can be restarted too, cycling power. Found more reliable to wait with pin low, since sometimes the satellite triggers the sequence even with the pulldown resistor when plugged (maybe mine is faulty) No issues for me using 3v3 from raspberry pico and a switch. Should be able to deliver much more than 100mA extra.
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I performed some changes to better suit my needs, hope they are found useful and can be merged if desired. I only edited the .ino file, since I am not very familiar with MicroPython (I use Arduino IDE also for RPI Pico).
Changed default pin for my convenience (this can be ignored)
Onboard LED now is solid when waiting for powerup, and blinks indefiniltely when pulses have been sent.
Process can be restarted too, cycling power. Found more reliable to wait with pin low until power is applied, since sometimes the satellite triggers the sequence when pluging it even with the pulldown resistor and no power (maybe mine is faulty). There is plenty of time to send pulses despite this. Shortened the setup wait to 500ms since it is no longer needed with this approach.
No issues for me using 3v3 from raspberry pico and a switch. Should be able to deliver much more than 100mA extra.
Updated readme with another photo and alternative circuit with the above method. Moved images to a folder (might cause issues in original repo).