Marcus Jenkins made a capacitive battery charger using Dirty Board PCB’s to revive rechargeable batteries: This is really a basic, bare-bones circuit. I’ve prepared the PCB with a view that it could be used as a module in a rather more-sophisticated charging system. You could imagine using a microcontroller (e.g. Arduino, PIC, etc.) to monitor […]
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Using Altium for a DirtyPCBs order
Jarrett has written an article describing a technique of using Altium for a DirtyPCBs order: This is a pretty rare combo: using a premium PCB package with the budget board house. Kinda funny. Generally these small run PCB houses provide DRU and CAM files for EAGLE design rule checking and Gerber outputs, respectively. Because I’m […]
Dual USB serial and I2C converter
Jesus Echavarria has developed a dual USB-Serial converter for debugging serial and I2C communications: Hi all! After a couple of months with a lot of work, I come here again with the last board I develop before Christmas. It’s a dual USB serial and I2C converter based on two MCP2221 Microchip 2.0 USB-Serial bridges. I […]
Owning DirtyPCBs: an opportunity lost
With the Chinese company out of the way, I’ve had some time to work on projects and plan what to do next. One thing I have to do is own DirtyPCBs, I’ve failed at some basic stuff. DirtyPCBs.com was a joke. It started as a quick script so our team and a few Shenzhen locals […]
C64/SX64 RAM Cartridge (SD2IEC part)
Sjaak designed and built a C64 RAM/ROM cartridge, which has a 6264 SRAM chip and an Atmel 644. He did program an Atmega with a Bus Pirate: Today came in the Atmega644P’s in TQFP package I scored on eBay. Today I’m focusing on the SD2IEC part of the RAM cartridge. I was a bit scary to order […]
Lab LED constant current controller board
Ladvien blogged about his Lab LED constant current controller board project he made using DirtyBoard PCBs: A little lab controller PCB I’m working on. It centers around four high-power constant current circuits meant to be driven by an Atmega328’s PWM. I hate working on anything mechanical in dim light; comes from dropping parts down under […]
Polyphonic FM Synthesizer with STM32F031
Ihsan Kehribar has designed and built a Polyphonic FM Synthesizer with STM32F031 project: I’ve built a playable, MIDI capable, polyphonic FM synthesizer using an 32bit ARM Cortex M0 microcontroller and an audio codec. Project info at Kehribar’s blog.
Souliss device ESP based combined with 3D Printing
Juan has been working on a Souliss device ESP based project, that is available at Github: With this board we can control 3 monocolor led strips (or 1 RGB), can host multiple sensors and options to come by external modules or internal conectors, Im working on this modules now. For now this board can host a […]
Making a PCB business card
Ilia Baranov has designed a reference business card: Back of card includes: Ruler in both 1/10″ and mm. AWG Hole size gauge (not super accurate due to plating, but that is unavoidable) Resistor/capacitor/inductor/diode sizes Common surface mount component sizes Common electrical symbols and shortcuts/equations Common conversions Trace size comparison Quote from Dune! Project info at Mr.Robot […]
DirtyPCBs – Unboxing and first impressions
David Girard’s unboxing and first impressions video of his first order from Dirtypcbs.com
Raspberry Pi and ARM uC Breakout + DirtyPCBs mini-review
hipfan75 writes: Briefly, it’s a Raspberry Pi v1, Model B, Rev2 breakout with an STM32F030 microcontroller connected to the Pi UART, with all GPIOs for both broken out. There are also connectors for an NRF24L01+ module, a 12V boost module, and 315/433 Mhz wireless transmitters. One board will serve as my Garage Door Controller, while […]
Experience with the DirtyPCBs
Iñigo of ElektroQuark shares his experience with DirtyPCBs (machine translation). He talk about how to order at Dirtypcbs.com and how to prepare files from KiCAD for DirtypPCBs. Via the contact form.
ESP8266 MQTT battery monitor project
Steve’s latest DirtyPCBs project, a wireless MQTT battery monitor: This board uses an ESP8266 (ESP12), a Texas Instruments INA226 I2C voltage and current monitor, and a Texas Instruments LMR12010X buck converter. This board is designed to wirelessly monitor 12 volt batteries and power supplies using an external current shunt resistor. The voltage across the shunt […]
WIFI Mains Power Dimmer / Switch with CBDBv2
MAINS Power Dimmer / Switch Module project by Tracker J: Now it’s about time to talk also about what many of you has asked for: DIMMING! It’s a total different story, little bit complicated but, as you will see, not so hard to understand. General considerations: There are several types of dimmers generally available. These […]
Review: Dirty Circuits Done Dirt Cheap
DirtyPCBs detailed review by Gee_Rabid_Inventor: Often design and research is and expensive business, especially when dealing with technology that your are unfamiliar with. A big proportion of this is PCB manufacture and I have spend a few years looking for a low cost reliable method for PCB production. The most cost effective method is to […]
DIY resistor decade
Sjaak posted his resistor decade project, inspired by DigitalUnderpants‘ DIY resistor substitution decade box: Got some 1% resistors, thumbwheels and 2mm headers from ebay and a shiny pcb from dirtypcb and got myself a decade resistorbank (0-999999 ohm) Even enought parts to built another one :) Via the forum.
DirtyPCBs based project: Isolated USB Serial Interface
Steve Rodgers just completed another project using a DirtyPCB order, an isolated USB serial interface, that is available at Github: Here is another project I just completed using a Dirty PCB order. It’s an isolated serial port using the CH340G chip and 4 Silicon Labs Si8410 digital isolators. Isolating the serial port ground from your […]
RFM26W Breakout Board – First DirtyPCB manufacturing service test
Kai Bader’s first PCB manufacturing run with DirtyPCBs: The PCBs are well produced, no “dirt” besides a bit of dust from my side. A few tiny scratches that did not affect the board. The silk screen is clearly readable. Details at Kai Bader’s blog.
DirtyPCB Crane controller
In this video MatthiasW demonstrates a complete DirtyPCB assembly of Crane controller: Nevertheless I was quite happy with the overall quality of the boards so I immediately started assembling the crane controller. I took a time-lapse video of the soldering and the first test of the board, which worked out great.
SoHa SMART first logo PCB design & manufacture
@josephpcrabtree tweeted, “New learn-to-solder badges for @SoHaSMARTMaker. PCBs from @dangerousproto DirtyPCBs” This is a big day for any maker space when you learn to design and manufacture your own PCB. We are very proud of our circuit design and end result. We will use these in all of our Learn To Solder Classes going […]