Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The #2 and #11 person to retweet it get free PCBs. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t forget there’s free […]
Category Archives: PCBs
Cheap surface mount prototyping stickers
Protoflex makes a bunch of stickers with surface mount part footprints. The sticker goes on a protoboard, and then a surface mount part is soldered to the sticker. It’s a cool system, but very pricy. We covered them previously. Kelvin found a cheaper alternative: I have previously mentioned about protoflex. Unfortunately, it was too expensive. […]
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments #5 and #11
Sorry, due to a stupid Ian mistake we ran Free PCB Sunday instead of Facebook PCB Friday. Sunday will happen later this weekend. Comment here on Facebook for free PCBs. Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The #5 and #11 people who comment on this post at Facebook get a free […]
Free PCB coupon to RT #2 & #20 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 2nd and 20th person to retweet it get free PCBs. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t forget there’s free […]
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments #7 and #11
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The #7 and #11 people who comment on this post at Facebook get a free PCB. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t […]
Embeded Linux board update
sqkybeaver took over the embedded Linux board routing and released an updated PCB. Here’s the wiki for this project. Via the forum.
Free PCB coupon to RT #8 & #20 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 8th and 20th person who retweet it get free PCBs. We changed the approach this week due to auto-retweeters grabbing boards first. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! Love it, hate it? Let us know in the […]
Box of new PCBs
A box of PCBs just arrived from Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service. This batch includes: Lattice CPLD Dev Board v1.0 PICqueno32 v1.0 ChipKIT clone TCPIP to serial converter Lattice CPLD dev board, PICqueno32, and TCPIP to serial converter are available now in the free PCB drawer.
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments #2 and #10
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The #2 and #10 people who comment on this post at Facebook get a free PCB. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t […]
Free PCB coupon to RT #6 & #23 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 6th and 23rd person who retweet it get free PCBs. We changed the approach this week due to auto-retweeters grabbing boards first. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! Love it, hate it? Let us know in the […]
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The first few people who comment on this at Facebook get a free PCB. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t forget there’s […]
Free PCB coupon to RT #6 & #23 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 6th and 23rd person who retweet it get free PCBs. We changed the approach this week due to auto-retweeters grabbing boards first. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! Love it, hate it? Let us know in the […]
Get your PCBs made
Digital DIY has a run down of PCB manufacturing options. Adafruit also has a nice one, and we’ve discussed it in the forum. Via Hacked Gadgets.
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The first few people who comment on this at Facebook get a free PCB. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. Watch this week’s Free PCB tweets print live on the Thermal Tweeter. We’ll mark the winners as they pop out. […]
How a PCB is made
Here’s how a PCB is made: Last year around mid-November Eric and I (Base2’s owners) were in the Denver area and were fortunate enough to be able to visit the circuit board manufacturer that we frequently use – Advanced Circuits. They were kind enough to give us a tour of their facility and explain the […]
Tiny CPU boards
Big Mess o’ Wires has a review of Seeed’s PCB service: Overall I’m fairly happy with these Seeed PCB Fusion boards: decent build quality and cheap pricing. Yes, there are a few dinged and damaged boards, but given the total number of boards for the price (and the two bonus boards I received), I can […]
Free PCB coupon to RT #5 & #25 @dangerousproto
Every Tuesday we give away some extra PCBs via Twitter. This post was announced on twitter. The 5th and 25th person who retweet it get free PCBs. We changed the approach this week due to auto-retweeters grabbing boards first. Thanks for the heads-up on auto-retweeters JT! Love it, hate it? Let us know in the […]
Cheeky, personalized PCBs
Creative PCB graffiti. How do you personalize your boards? In ancient times, digital mariners would steer their charges by the light of heavenly vias. Sometimes, they would see figures in the vias, and give them names. Via Adafruit.
Free PCB coupon via Facebook comments
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. The first few people who comment on this at Facebook get a free PCB. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. This week we’re giving away two PCB codes. Pick your own PCB from the free PCB drawer. Don’t forget there’s […]
Box of new PCBs
A box of PCBs just arrived from Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service. This batch includes: Bus Blaster v2.6 with over voltage protection and series resistors on the JTAG pins Dangerous DSO v1.a with a few minor fixes USB POV Toy v1.a with X/Y/Z axis markers, this will be the production PCB (some day) AlteraMAX3000A CPLD […]