Electronic design for Android Things system on modules
summary
Build uses an off‑the‑shelf Android Things 2×2" SOM mounted to a custom red baseboard that adds USB, audio, buttons and LEDs, designed in Altium as an 8–10 layer Altium board. Workflow is plan, prototype on breadboard and 3D print, schematic to Gerber, then EVT (tens of units), DVT (finds ~10% design issues) and PVT (thousands, ~1% factory defects). Real bugs include reversed capacitor, reversed diode causing SD no‑detect, misplaced LED, and a needed CPU heat sink.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 1:36Base Board
- 4:253d Printers
- 5:21Pill Dispenser
- 6:12Process
- 11:14Layout
- 12:03Boards Layout
- 15:22Key Takeaways for Manufacturing
- 17:39Thermals
- 18:48Mechanicals
- 19:46Soft Tooling
- 22:52Design Validation
- 23:37Production Validation Test
- 24:45Mass Production
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