A video of the Xilinx XC9572XL v1a and Lattice LC4032 v1 CPLD development board builds and power up test. Due to a technical problem most of the soldering video was lost. In this video: Xilinx XC9572XL and Lattice LC4032 CPLD development board builds A jab at Altera XC9572XL power up test and programming Don’t forget there […]
Category Archives: builds
USB IR Toy through-hole free PCB build
schazamp built a free USB Infrared Toy through-hole PCB. These PCBs are also available at Seeed Studio for $7. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Via the forum.
PICqueño32 power up test and first program
Today we did the first test of the PICqueño32 hardware. See the previous video of the build and PIC chip replacement. Learn more about the PICqueño32 on the wiki, and don’t forget there are PCBs in the free PCB drawer if you want to build your own. We’ll give away two free PCB coupons on […]
USB IR Toy Shield free PCB build
tagno25 built a free USB IR Toy Shield PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. You can get IR Toy v2 for $22.05, including world wide shipping.
Bus Pirate V3.5 free PCB build
fcobcn built another free Bus Pirate v3.5 PCB, this time the version with the SSOP PIC. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including […]
Repairing the PICqueño32 dev-board prototype
In a previous video we soldered the PICqueno32 prototype. There was a big mistake though, we used the wrong PIC32 chip. In this video the old chip comes off and the new chip goes on. For the swap we used a flux sample sent by Farnell. It was fantastic! Here’s the webpage if you want […]
Ethernet LED driver free PCB build
arhi built a free Ethernet LED driver PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer.
Bus Pirate free PCB build
fcobcn built a free Bus Pirate PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly […]
Soldering PICqueño32 dev-board prototype
A video of the PICqueno32 prototype build and test process. About 70 minutes of soldering is reduced to 5 minutes. First the big chips go down. This board has a 64pin TQFP PIC32 and a 28pin SOIC FT232 USB->serial chip. We had to salvage the FT232 from an old Bus Pirate prototype. Next the small […]
USB Infrared Toy free PCB build
electronicia4u built a free USB Infrared Toy PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer.
MMA7455L accelerometer free PCB build
SineWave built a free MMA7455L accelerometer breakout board. We’re always surprised how popular these PCBs are. Nice use of solder paste and stenciling. Turned out pretty awesome and they work great. Used an overhead transparency as a stencil. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture […]
USB RGB color changer free PCB build
PALMA 13 built a free USB RGB Color Changer PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer.
CPLD breakout free PCB build
Hunter Scott built a free CPLD breakout board. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Get the CoolRunner-II development board for $15 and XC9572XL dev-board for $15.
Bus Pirate free PCB build
Kenneth built a free Bus Pirate PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly […]
CPLD breakout free PCB build
erdabyz built a free CPLD breakout board. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer.
Thermocouple to serial converter
phirephly built a thermocouple with USB and serial interface: This is a device that takes a thermocouple temperature input, converts it into a digital value, and then spits out the temperature on a serial port, which you can then feed into a computer, or another microcontroller. This is a useful device for any time when […]
USB IR Toy through-hole free PCB build
fcobcn built a free USB Infrared Toy through-hole PCB. These PCBs are also available at Seeed Studio for $7. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Via the forum.
BGA soldering at home
Jack at the Gadget Factory (co-creator of the Logic Sniffer) documented his pancake griddle BGA circuit board soldering technique. Via Hack a Day.
USB color changer free PCB build
znanev built a free RGB color changer PCB. This was the ‘first’ free PCB. It was originally a DIY Life project. Someone had a bunch of the boards made (a TON!) and mailed us a brick of them. They were free PCB filler boards many times during our first year. If you build a free PCB […]
Another Logic Shrimp free PCB build
schazamp built a free Logic Shrimp PCB. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. You can get an assembled Logic Shrimp for $34.90.