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 […]
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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 […]
Nixies power supply up and running
Didn’t design our own. Used great open source SMPS from desmith.net. 180v from 12 volts out of the atx break board in handsome new case. Design uses max1771 from maxim. Sorry – posted from WordPress Android app. Fixed the picture.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bus Pirate v3b free PCB build
NBitWonder built a free Bus Pirate v3b 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 your […]
DIY Bus Pirate v3.5a built
Asarli shared his Bus Pirate v3.5a SOIC PCB build. These boards were designed with the larger SOIC PIC microcontrollers, making them easier to solder for beginners. Get an assembled Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors. Via the forum.
USB IR Toy shield free PCB build
Toasterbotics blogged about his free USB IR Toy shield PCB build. This board turns your Arduino into the IR Toy. 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. Via the contact form.
SARduino 644/1284 board free PCB build
Slack built the SARduino 644/1284 board by Andrew Schamp he got from our free PCB drawer. It’s an prototyping board with support circuitry for Arduino compatible ATmega AVRs. 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 […]
Bus Pirate Demo board free PCB build
Ashley blogged about his free Bus Pirate Demo board v5b PCB build. This board is used to emulate a bunch of real world ICs that use the various protocols supported by the Bus Pirate. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – […]
Bus Pirate v4 build workshop update
Here’s a followup to our 30x Bus Pirate v4 build workshop post. You can check out the pics and videos of the group build on Google+: There were four of us involved in the planning and running of the build. We put a fairly large amount of effort into planning the event, particularly with respect […]
30x Bus Pirate v4 build workshop
Sdixon organized a group build of Bus Pirate v4 PCBs: Yesterday we held our group build and it was a great success. About 25 people built a total of around 30 Bus Pirate V4c. All but one of them worked! The one that didn’t work resisted some pretty determined troubleshooting and rework so we are […]
PIC18F2550 Breakout Board free PCB build
Palma 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 […]
EzPSoC3 free PCB build
Kmmankad built a 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 contact […]
USB Infrared Toy v2 free PCB build
Giuss built a USB IR Toy v2 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, […]
Bus Pirate v3.5 free PCB build
Denis 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 Infrared Toy free PCB build
Tuomas 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 […]