SpuriousGer

Your update on March 24th seems quite discouraging, does this mean the project is dead? Seems like one of the coolest ones I've seen in ages.

> Responding from my phone, so pardon the brevity. I don't want to call the project dead quite so soon, but it's certainly not looking very good at all... Regarding...

I didn't remove the spaces at the end, apologies. That's what caused the error.

To give more feedback/background on this: I had the line for homeassistant uncommented and then it looked like this: `base_topic = homeassistant # Default for: homeassistant-mqtt` Which then caused the...

So, I contacted PCBWay and they said they'd be able to support this. What I don't really understand is: what do I need beyond it. I need to upload something...

> **right now** one of the bigger questions is around _where_ to get the boards made. Not every board shop has the right part(s) in stock. Ideally, there would be...

I have received feedback from PCBWay. Attached is the Excel. I would require some help on this. Who could help? I think it looks promising overall. [T-B2W570125A-5sets-view_base-bom(2022-10-13).xls](https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob/files/9776060/T-B2W570125A-5sets-view_base-bom.2022-10-13.xls)

I have now ordered a bunch of the PCBs with assembled parts. The larger ones I will hand solder. I've also ordered some additional PCBs to use in the FabLab...

I hit the next road bump (I guess to be expected as a complete novice), PCBWay is asking for the pick&place(centroid) file for the base PCB. Anyone any clue?

I did order some PCBs from PCBWay and have all the parts, but I never got around to assembling it. I'd still be interested in the group, I'd be happy...