PIC LCD backpack free PCB build and hack

Having built a free PIC LCD backpack PCB, Ezflyr decided to hack its pins to use with his temperature and humidity sensor. He successfully adjusted LCD backpack’s firmware, and developed a small app to display the temperature and humidity information on the computer. Via the forum. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! […]

CoolRunner-II breakout free PCB build

Schazamp has built a free CoolRunner-II breakout board. He had success building a 8bit binary to 3X4bit decade converter which he will use to drive a 7 segment display via the 74hc4511 driver. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send […]

MCP2200 breakout board free PCB built

After receiving a free MCP2200 breakout board from the Free PCB drawer, Tanukifu built and blogged about it. He writes about the design, pcb layout and build quality. Also included are his experiences using the board with Windows, Linux and OSX. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a […]