{"id":1399,"date":"2009-03-03T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:09","slug":"avr-hv-rescue-shield-pcbs-are-in-kits-available-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-pcbs-are-in-kits-available-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCBs are in, kits available soon."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big news &#8211; the AVR HV Rescue Shield PCBs arrived yesterday!\u00a0 I&#8217;m currently testing them and will post information about kits for sale as soon as I verify that everything is working properly.<\/p>\n<p>This is actually the second spin of the PCB but the first to bear the &#8216;Rescue Shield&#8217; name.\u00a0 The first spin was a one-off prototype to check a couple things out, mostly related to the 5V to 12V step up converter.\u00a0 That design allowed me to fix a couple bugs before doing a production run with the improved design, show below.<\/p>\n<p>So far all I can say is that the step up converter works perfectly.\u00a0 (Yipee!)<\/p>\n<p>More details to come!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-pcbs-are-in-kits-available-soon\/jsk_021809_top\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"644,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB &amp;#8211; Top\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1403\" title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB - Top\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top-419x500.jpg\" alt=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB - Top\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top-419x500.jpg 419w, https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_top.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-pcbs-are-in-kits-available-soon\/jsk_021809_bottom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"644,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB &amp;#8211; Bottom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1402\" title=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB - Bottom\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom-419x500.jpg\" alt=\"AVR HV Rescue Shield PCB - Bottom\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom-419x500.jpg 419w, https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jsk_021809_bottom.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news &#8211; the AVR HV Rescue Shield PCBs arrived yesterday!\u00a0 I&#8217;m currently testing them and will post information about kits for sale as soon as I verify that everything is working properly. This is actually the second spin of the PCB but the first to bear the &#8216;Rescue Shield&#8217; name.\u00a0 The first spin was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-pcbs-are-in-kits-available-soon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AVR HV Rescue Shield PCBs are in, kits available soon.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[63,61,110,32,138],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microcontrollers","tag-arduino","tag-avr","tag-open-source-hardware","tag-pcb","tag-shield"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-mz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2408,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-kits-back-in-stock-new-lower-pricing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":0},"title":"AVR HV Rescue Shield kits back in stock, new lower pricing!","author":"Jeff","date":"September 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news!\u00a0 The AVR HV Rescue Shield kits are back in stock, with new, lower pricing! The full kit, which has been reduced to $19, includes a professionally made PCB with preassembled DC-DC converter and all the parts you need to build the AVR HV Rescue Shield. The PCB-only option\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVR HV Rescue Shield Kit Components","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-materials_scaled-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12664,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/rescue-shield-bare-pcbs-are-back-in-stock\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":1},"title":"Rescue Shield Bare PCBs are back in stock!","author":"Jeff","date":"January 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Rescue Shield PCBs are back in stock! 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Instead of giving up and throwing out the \"dead\" chip,\u00a0 I decided to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AVR HV Rescue Shield with ATmega168 target ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/rescue-shield-with-atmega2_scaled-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3118,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/avr-hv-rescue-shield-out-of-stock\/","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":3},"title":"AVR HV Rescue Shield Out of Stock","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I sold the last AVR HV Rescue Shield kit in stock! This is a significant milestone as it means I have finally sold off all of the kits from the original PCB fab run. 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