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Common Ground Electronics

@cge.dev

Hi 👋, we make nifty electronics! @cdwilson.dev (+ friends)

Common Ground Electronics @cge.dev · 17/05/2025

New @raspberrypi.com Pico #SAO Host boards just came in! I made this breakout board so I could quickly play around with SAOs using the Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W, etc. If I made these available to buy, would anybody want one? github.com/cgnd/rpi-pic...

A PCB hosting a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board with a couple Simple Add-on (SAO) boards plugged in.

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Common Ground Electronics @cge.dev · 09/05/2025

Joined the tariff club today...

Payment summary from JLCPCB showing a large increase in price due to duties & taxes.

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Common Ground Electronics @cge.dev · 22/10/2024

Got the PCBs in for the 🧼 #SAO last night lol This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead. hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along. #hackaday #supercon

SAOP (like “soap”) simple-add on for Hackaday Supercon badge contest.

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Common Ground Electronics @cge.dev · 22/10/2024

Finally got this PCB assembled and tested with a #mikroe Click board that has a BME280 sensor. The backlit logo experiment turned out pretty neat looking! I don't actually have a real conference badge (yet), so I put together a quick “SAO host" #rpi #pico breakout board. #hackaday #supercon #SAO

SAO Explorer simple add-on with a MikroE Weather Click board installed, plugged into a RPi Pico 2 board.

CircuitPython console output showing weather readings from the MikroE Weather Click board.

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Common Ground Electronics @cge.dev · 15/10/2024

NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS! (even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!) This one is a fun weekend side project for the @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon #SAO contest. hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.

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