Free PCB build – PICkit3 clone on QFP prototyping board

Hlipka writes: I got the 0.8+0.5mm xQFP protoboard from the Free PCB drawer. Since I wanted to get a PICkit3 for a while, this looked like a perfect fit. So I looked up the schematics, ordered what I needed, and started work. It took longer than expected, and in the end I had just one […]

xQFP80 +50 Protoboard free PCB build

mikelelere built a free xQFP80 +50 Protoboard v1 PCB: Last week I received a xQFP80 protoboard from the free PCB drawer, which I have used to build a CPLD development board. It features a Xilinx XC2C64A with selectable I/O levels for each bank (3.3v, 2.5v and 1.8v) via jumpers and a PIC18F24J50 to enable USB functionality. […]

xQFP80 +50 Protoboard free PCB build

TomKeddie posted his xQFP80 +50 Protoboard free PCB build: Am running learn to SMD solder workshops at our local hackspace. SMD October uses the qfp surface mount protoboard to build a basic leonardo using the adafruit 32u4 schematic Schematic is from Adafruit at raw.github.com/ I used my free pcb build to build the master for the class. […]

Bus Pirate Arduino Shield free PCB build

Mikelelere built a Bus Pirate Arduino Shield from a free PCB. This board gives the Arduino the same front-end circuity as the Bus Pirate. I have assembled the Bus Pirate Shield white PCB I received recently. As shown in the photo, I had to do some greenwiring to solder a SOIC 8 EEPROM instead of the […]

Android Accessory Development kit free PCB build

Mikelelere built a free Android Accessory Development kit PCB. I’ve assembled over the weekend a free PCB I received last week: the Android Open Accessory Kit. When I ordered this PCB from the free PCB drawer I noticed a paragraph that indicated that the PIC footprint was the wrong size (the pitch was too large […]

DP6037 SMT.v1 free PCB build

Cosminnci posted pictures of his free DP6037_SMT.v1 PCB build. This is a universal breakout board for SOIC microcontrollers. It features a USB power supply and data lines, a quartz crystal, breakouts for all the pins and a small prototyping area. This board was really fun to build, I wanted to get a PIC18F2550 breakout board, but […]

MMA7455L accelerometer free PCB build

Dmmedia built a free MMA7455L accelerometer breakout board. The MMA7455L is a 3-axis accelerometer with I2C and SPI interfaces. 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 the MMA7455L breakout […]

ENC424J600 breakout free PCB build

Garyservin built a free ENC424J600 Ethernet breakout board. This is the 100MBPS ethernet chip from Microchip, the fairly recent update to the 10MBPS ENC28J60. 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 […]

LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer free PCB build

Markus built a free LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer PCB: I too got my free PCB on Friday (thanks a lot!) and built it over the weekend. I made a quick proto board containing the MSP430G2553 to free up my LaunchPad for other things. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! […]