Bytes Counter - Digital Tally Counter

Description

Bytes Counter is a simple Tally Counter for counting people in places, helping you in inventories, practising soldering... The project was chosen to test some PCB manufacturer capabilities and experiment with both the XLP (Extreme Low-Power Technology) and the pic18LF14k50 itself

The PCB does not have any power button, since the approach of the project is to use the XLP technology of the PIC. It only has two buttons: increase/decrease the count.

A buzzer helps you out to count anything without the need to read the display every time, so you can focus on your work.

Even after weeks or months, the count is kept while in deep sleep mode.

Details

---Instructions:

Pressing "+" or "-" will increase/decrease the count.

Long press "+" : Sound Event -> Activate/Deactivate buzzer sounds.

Long press "-" : Reset event -> Reset the count.

60s without pressing any button: Deep Sleep Mode -> Display off.

Any button pulsation will exit Deep Sleep Mode.

SPONSORSHIP

The project was sponsored by PCBWAY. A huge thanks to them to make it possible!

SOCIAL MEDIA

Should you have any suggestions, problems or questions, do not hesitate to contact me on my IG:

https://www.instagram.com/makingdevices/

Thanks!

Files

Kicad.zip: Kicad Project: Schematics and PCB layout

Simulation.zip: Simulation Files (MPLAB + Proteus)

BytesCounterRev01a.zip: Gerber files for the PCB

BytesCounter_BOM.xlsx: Bill Of Materials