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derekfountain
derekfountain
It's still too big
The device is still too big in my opinion. It's about as small as I could get it given that it contains 3 Raspberry Pi Picos, but I still don't like it being that chunky.
Ideally I'd switch to RP2040 chips, but those are hard to work with and very difficult to solder. These "stamp" size boards are probably the best solution:
https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/RP2040-Zero
I think with those I could reduce the size of the device by half.
Returning to an upright design, and possibly putting components on the rear of the board, there's room to make it a lot smaller.
