Gege2b built a Nokia LCD Backpack free PCB. This board controls common Nokia LCDs like those sold by SparkFun via USB. It was intended to be produced, but problems with LCD supply shot it down. You can still get the populated board from Seeed for $9.50, but it doesn’t include the LCD. If you build […]
Category Archives: builds
Bus Blaster free PCB build
Grapsus built a free Bus Blaster v4.1 PCB. The Bus Blaster is a high-speed JTAG debugger for ARM processors, FPGAs, CPLDs, flash memory, and more. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flickr, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the […]
Part Ninja perfboard build
Mikelelere wanted to play around with the Part Ninja, but he didn’t have one of our PCBs. He used a perfboard to build his own. His goal is to integrate ESR measurement: I’ve just finished building the Part Ninja v1 on a perf board. It’s a little nice tool, and it’s great for identifying different […]
Bus Blaster free PCB build
Gege2b built a free Bus Blaster v1 PCB.This is the first prototype of the Bus Blaster that used fixed discrete logic to imitate a JTAGkey programmer type. The most recent Bus Blasters replace the fixed logic with a programmable CPLD logic chip so it can be upgraded to imitate many different programmers. The Bus Blaster […]
EzPSoC3 free PCB build
Xykon built an EzPSoC3 free PCB. This is a development board for Cypress’s PSoC3 System-on-a-chip IC. 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. Here’s how we mail free PCBs. Via the […]
ATX Breakout board free PCB build
Schazamp 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. Here’s my ATX breakout board assembly. I am not happy with the binding posts, but I had them from another project, and couldn’t […]
ATX Breakout board free PCB build
Dolabra 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. It wouldn’t be a free build if something wasn’t bodged together. In my case it was the ATX connector. I got all […]
USB LCD Backpack free PCB build
Grapsus built a free USB LCD backpack PCB. The USB Universal LCD backpack controls LCDs with up to 16 interface pins at 3.3volts or 5.0volts. This includes common HD44780 character LCDs and larger graphical LCDs. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever […]
Bus Blaster v4 free PCB build and test
Mikelelere verified the Bus Blaster v4 design. I checked the board via the test program, and it successfully passed the tests (see the attached photographs). I’ve also succesfully used it to program a Coolrunner II CPLD board and a Lattice ISPMach128v CPLD, and I can confirm that the board is working flawlessly. Bus Blaster is […]
Bus Pirate v3.5 free PCB build
Crenn built a free Bus Pirate v3.5 PCB. The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. 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 […]
Part Ninja v1c free PCB build
Ginpb built a free Part Ninja v1 PCB. The Part Ninja is a electronic component testing tool. It identifies electronic components like transistors and FETs, determines the pinout, and measures basic specifications. 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 […]
Nokia LCD Backpack v1.0 free PCB build
Phalox built a Nokia LCD Backpack free PCB. This is a small color display for which we made a USB controllable backpack. Unfortunately we were never able to source the screens themselves so this project was discontinued, and the boards sold at cost. Today I got already half of the components together to build this […]
ATX Breakout board free PCB build
Chicken 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 v3.5 free PCB build
David built a free Bus Pirate v3.5 PCB. The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. 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 […]
USB POV Toy free PCB build
Here’s one you don’t see often. Matseng built a free USB POV Toy PCB. These almost never get built due to the challenging QFN chip. The POV Toy is a hand-held persistence of vision toy that can be updated over USB. Check out our workshop video about the latest developments on this project. If you […]
XC95144XL CPLD breakout board free PCB build
Hlipka built the XC95144XL CPLD breakout board free PCB. The board has 39 of the CPLD pins broken out to a “Blade” style configuration, while the remaining pins are broken out to two dual-row headers featured on top corners of the board. I did not populate the large header yet, because I have not decided how […]
USB Infrared Toy v1.1 free PCB build
Exapod built a USB IR Toy v1.1 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, […]
XC95144XL CPLD breakout board free PCB build
Schazamp built the XC95144XL CPLD breakout board free PCB. The board has 39 of the CPLD pins broken out to a “Blade” style configuration, while the remaining pins are broken out to two dual-row headers featured on top corners of the board. I didn’t populate the top headers — I forgot to include them in […]
PIC18F2550 breakout board free PCB build
Bennyboy built the PIC18F2550 Breakout Board, it has all the pins along one edge so it’s easier to use in a breadboard. The PIC18F2550 is a really popular USB chip from Microchip. There are lots of projects floating around the internet for it, as well as some of our own like the USB IR Toy, […]
PIC18F2550 breakout board free PCB build
Benedykt built the PIC18F2550 Breakout Board free PCB. The PIC18F2550 is a really popular USB chip from Microchip. There are lots of projects floating around the internet for it, as well as some of our own, like the USB IR Toy, USB LCD Backpack, etc… This is a breakout board for the 28pin SOIC package version […]