i have a stm32 board from SmashTV and i´d like to build a small midibox with only 30 buttons and 1 encoder, so only 1 DinX4 module has to be connected.
now, to save myself a little time and to reduce the soldering and the costs i thought, since i don´t need led/lcd/sd-card/… i could leave out some parts. i.e. all the sockets except for J8/9. What about the other parts? i.e. can i leave out the parts for the lcds (ICs, Transistor; Caps; Trimmpots; Resistors; …) ? also, i don´t connect any midi sockets, the core is only going to be accessed via usb, so i won´t be needing any external psu. what can i leave out there? and so no…
Quoting the mighty SmashTV, after helping me for an hour straight trying figure out an issue with a freshly assembled core module, where I had left out a few parts that I didn’t “need”:
“See how $0.20 in parts has got you chasing your tail?”