- Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:26 am
#230616
First time designing a PCB here. I have no need for the BLE functionality of the Artemis and would love the extra space to be able to route signal lines underneath the antenna, plus fill with a ground pour. I just want to be sure that the antenna, being a chunk of metal, won't passively induce noise in these traces or do anything funky like that (my E&M knowledge is a little shaky here)... Any thoughts appreciated!
Bonus question: I wanted to double check the necessity of including the bootloader circuit: per the Artemis integration guide, it says "If you suspect you will need to modify the SparkFun Artemis Bootloader or if you need to use the secure bootload toolchain, the circuit above can be used to bootload using a single pin (DTR or RTS is supported)". But, if I wanted to simply use the Arduino IDE to upload code using the Sparkfun Variable Bootloader (Integration guide: "We've designed a baud rate flexible bootloader that is run at each power on reset"), will this circuit still be necessary and can I get away with not attaching anything to the Boot pin? Thanks!
Bonus question: I wanted to double check the necessity of including the bootloader circuit: per the Artemis integration guide, it says "If you suspect you will need to modify the SparkFun Artemis Bootloader or if you need to use the secure bootload toolchain, the circuit above can be used to bootload using a single pin (DTR or RTS is supported)". But, if I wanted to simply use the Arduino IDE to upload code using the Sparkfun Variable Bootloader (Integration guide: "We've designed a baud rate flexible bootloader that is run at each power on reset"), will this circuit still be necessary and can I get away with not attaching anything to the Boot pin? Thanks!
