Zofz posted an update on his ZofzPCB gerber viewer we posted previously: ZofzPCB Gerber Viewer takes the Gerber file data from your CAD/CAM files along with a little additional information and transforms it into a 3D image with colours used to differentiate nets, customisable stackup dimensions and an Autopilot function that lets you sit back and enjoy the […]
Category Archives: PCBs
Giveaway: TraId kits – Transistor type & pinout identifier
Mats has amazed us with his board a week projects, and now one of them could be yours! Today Mats is giving away three TraId kits – Transistor type & pinout identifier. All parts included except for a CR2032 battery that needs to be sourced locally due to postage regulations: TraId is a really low cost […]
PCB a Week 22: TraId – Transistor type & pinout identifier
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 22 he came up with TraId – Transistor type & pinout identifier: TraId is a really low cost version of the Part Ninja. It’s made to only identify the pinout and type (NPN/PNP) of a transistor and display the results on eight LEDs. […]
PCB a Week 21: Tindog SMD soldering practice
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 21 he came up with Tindog an SMD soldering practice board shaped like a dog: A 8-pin SOIC is about the easiest SMD IC to solder so I had to come up with a project using one of those, and also not having […]
DP6037 Protoboard v1 PCB back in stock
The DP6037 Protoboard v1 PCB is back in stock at Seeed Studio. A multipurpose 0.1″ pitch prototyping board that fits a DP6037 acrylic case. Grab a PCB from Seeed for $2.50.
PCB a Week 20: LEDger Led (polarity) tester
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 20 he came up with LEDger Led (polarity) tester: Everytime I solder a SMD LED on a pcb I have to turn on one of my multimeters and flip it over to diode-test mode and then probe the SMD LED to see which […]
Simple 3D gerber viewer
Jérôme Vuarand developed an application to visualize Gerber data, a simple 3D viewer for Gerber files. This tool helps to review Gerber files before sending them to a PCB fab house: Over the course of the last 5 months I developped an application to visualize Gerber data. The goal was primarily to review Gerber files before […]
PCB a Week 19: SD Card Breakout for breadboards
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 19 he came up with breakout board for micro SD cards: This weeks PAW is just a breakout board for micro SD cards. There’s a number of boards like this on the market already, but they are kinda expensive and I like doing […]
Seeed Studio’s new PCB assembly prototype service
Seeed Studio PCBA prototype service testing: Appreciated you use our fusion PCB service before. For greatly increase your efficiency for your product design from prototype stage, it bring a new service for your check. We are going to launch a new service online at the end of July—PCB assembly prototype service. We could help […]
PCB a Week 18: SMD Practice Skull
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 18 he came up with SMD Practice Skull: I while ago I chatted with (Re:load) Nick Johnson about making some simple pcbs for learning how to solder smd parts. This is one of the boards that I came up with. All parts are […]
PAW13 Sniff-A-Lot for Bus Pirate update
Mats posted an update on his Sniff-A-Lot for Bus Pirate: So, I found my Bus Pirate and then made a RS-232 breakout cable with a male/female DB9 and tapped off rx/tx from pin 2/3 and gnd from pin 5. And hooked it up to the first serial device I had in reach – a magstrip […]
PCB a Week 12: BB Prince – breadboard utility PCB
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 12 he came up with BB Prince, a small multi-purpose utility for your solderless breadboard: This PAW is a small utility board for your breadboard that have some of the most common things you need when building a microcontroller-based project on the breadboard. […]
Soldering iron driver v1.5 PCBs back in stock
Open Soldering Station PCB is back in stock at Seeed Studio. The completed PCB is the heart of a soldering station, able to control several types of name-brand (and clone) soldering iron pencils. Grab a PCB from Seeed for $7.
PCB a Week 9: MrRef voltage and current reference update
Mats posted pictures of his MrRef voltage and current reference PCB build. This tool helps check the accuracy of your multimeter: Since my Agilent 34401 is currently out of calibration, I didn’t bother installing the fine-adjustment trimopot. The 6350 is good for 0.02% (1mV) without any adjustments. While developing our new online crypto casino platform, I […]
PCB a Week 10: Trifluxx
Mats continues his challenge of designing one PCB every week. In week 10 he came up with Trifluxx, a triangular PCB game: I ended up with using resistor arrays instead of discrete 0805 resistors to save some space and the board can be used for both a sound reactive flasher or some kind of a 1/2/3-player game […]
Double sided PCB etching using a laser cutter
This video by Rich Olson demonstrates his method for creating 2-layer PCBs using his laser cutter and chemical etching. Via Hacked Gadgets.
PCBWeb – Free online PCB design software
Check out this new PCB design web application! It’s a free browser-based CAD application for designing, the PCBWeb: A new PCB design web application was released this last week called PCBWeb. The website states that PCBWeb is a free browser-based CAD application for designing and manufacturing electronics hardware. The tool is currently released in BETA and […]
BatchPCB sold to OSH Park
BatchPCB moving to OSHPark: BatchPCB is the PCB prototyping service by SparkFun. Some days ago it was announced that it was sold to OSH Park, another PCB service I’ve already blogged about and that I used to manufacture the PCBs for my Type4me project. Via Lucadentella.it
Screen printing PCB manufacturing
Screen printing PCB manufacturing: Here is an example of Screen Printing PCB Manufacturing. It is very time consuming but your PCB factory could make screen printed t-shirts on the weekends. :) It looks like they are setup for medium volume but it looks very time consuming compared to modern PCB manufacturing. Via Hacked Gadgets!
4-layer Fusion PCB service available at Seeed
Fusion PCB Service – 4 layers is now available at Seeed Studio: Now, let’s talk about today’s focal point— 4-layer Fusion PCB Service. Since providing 2-layer Fusion PCB service, we’ve received inquiries about 4-layer PCB constantly. Today, we are psyched to bring this service to you all! Our 4-layer Fusion PCB Service has the following features: […]