By now we are all sure you know about Jim Williams’ avalanche pulse generator from his famous application note 47 we even posted about Kerry Wong’s pulse generator using jellybean transistors. And we can’t forget The EEVblog covering a build sent to him. Today we will be exploring our build, that is not quite like the others.
Category Archives: builds
ReCoMonB – Real Computer Monitoring Block
Ivan Creations made this ReCoMonB (Real Computer Monitoring Block) and wrote a detailed explanation on his blog describing the build: I managed to de-virtualize the CPU/MEM/HDD/NET stats and now I have them physically represented on my desk. The device that does that is named ReCoMonB – Real Computer Monitoring Block. I have also made the […]
FT311D breakout PCB build
Sjaak posted his FT311D breakout PCB build: Quiet some time ago I got a FT311D PCB from Ian. Finaly found some time to build it up and write about it. I tried it on 3 devices, each with its own quirks…
Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2b free PCB build
Timotet built a free Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2b 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 an LCD adapter for $9.
DP6037 PTH v1 free PCB build
IhorM built a DP6037 PTH v1 free PCB. My first DP pcb via Free PCB coupon ! Quickly assembled and tested ! 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.
ATX Breakout board free PCB build
Gege built an ATX Breakout board free PCB. The ATX breakout board routes the -12, 3.3, 5 and 12 volt ATX outputs to screw terminals, each protected by a 1.25 amp resettable polyfuse. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll […]
Bus Pirate Arduino Shield free PCB build
Mikelelere built a Bus Pirate Arduino Shield from a free PCB. This board gives the Arduino the same front-end circuity as the Bus Pirate. I have assembled the Bus Pirate Shield white PCB I received recently. As shown in the photo, I had to do some greenwiring to solder a SOIC 8 EEPROM instead of the […]
USB Infrared Toy free PCB build
Chris built a USB IR Toy free PCB. With the USB IR Toy you can use a remote control with your computer, view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, capture and replay remote control buttons. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever […]
Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2b free PCB build
MickM built a free Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2b 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 an LCD adapter for $9.
MSP430F5310 Breakout board free PCB build
Rohit blogged about his MSP430F5310 Breakout board build: This is the article and the comment by Boseji to his git repo for the project that was extremely useful in building it! 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 […]
FT311 Breakout board free PCB build
ZackFreedman blogged about his FT311 Breakout board v1b build: Dangerous Prototypes’ products are almost all surface-mount, so I used the same special prototyping tools I use for client work. I applied Zephpaste solder paste (amazing quality, easy to clean, and made in America) with a fine-tipped syringe, and populated components I ordered from Mouser. If […]
Cortex M3/M0 breakout board free PCB build
Twinpeaks built a Cortex M3/M0 breakout board free PCB. I just finished my free Cortex M3 Breakout Board using an NXP LPC1343. Running at up to 72 MHz this has quite some power for such a tiny uC. I think I’ll hook up some glue logic and convert it to a CoLinkEx Jtag-Debugger to be […]
XT-IDE Adapter free PCB build
Mikelelere built a free XT-IDE Adapter v1b PCB. I’ve finally found some spare time to assemble the XT-IDE adapter v1b free PCB I received a couple of weeks ago. I could not manage to find the CPLD included in the BOM, so I had to replace it with a Coolrunner II I had in my […]
AVR microcontroller based PWM fan controllers
Zak Kemble posted his AVR based PWM fan controller build: So this is a bit of a continuation on my 555 timer based PWM controllers, but now using microcontrollers and MOSFETs instead of 555 ICs and transistors. I made 2 versions, one with switches for speeding up and down and the other with a potentiometer […]
HD44780 LCD backpack
Phalox blogged about his LCD backpack build: I’ve been using this LCD for a week now at work, and it makes receiving emails nicer :-) Now I should still get it to work with LCDproc. That should provide for a lot more flexibility! Via the forum.
Smoke Tester v1 free PCB build
Ptarmigan labs blogged about his free Smoke Tester v1 PCB build. It’s a board designed to safely power your prototypes, and check if they have a short somewhere using just about any available supply. A while back I got a free PCB from Dangerous Prototype’s Free PCB program. It’s a nice little board designed to provide […]
Bus Pirate Demo board v5 free PCB build
j_dja tweeted his Bus Pirate Demo Board v5c free PCB build. This board was designed to emulate various different ICs with which the Bus Pirate can talk to. I2c, SPI, and UART protocols are supported, with device emulation for RAM, ADC, DAC, and a PWM generator. These features help researchers practice probing embedded systems before […]
Smoke Tester v1 free PCB build
TomKeddie built a Smoke Tester v1 free PCB. It’s a board designed to safely power your prototypes, and check if they have a short somewhere using just about any available supply. Via the forum.
Bus Pirate v4.0c build in a toaster oven
Drjeseuss shares his Bus Pirate v4.0c PCB build using a toaster oven to reflow the solderpaste: All in all, this project was a success! The process worked well enough to repeat and the reflow toaster puts an end to my fears of QFN and BGA chips. It looks like I’ll be moving forward on the reflow controller […]
USB Infrared Toy free PCB build
Juanma built a USB IR Toy free PCB. With the USB IR Toy you can use a remote control with your computer, view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, capture and replay remote control buttons. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever […]