XC9572XL CPLD breakout free PCB build

Andrew has built a free XC9572XL CPLD breakout board. CPLDs are programmable logic gate arrays which allow you to build custom logic devices simply by programing them. 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 […]

Infrared thermopile sensor TMP006 breakout free PCB build

Fcobcn posted pictures of his free Infrared thermopile sensor TMP006 breakout board build. He used a hot air rework station to solder the small BGA sensor, and an ultrasonic alcohol bath to clean up the board. Here’s the finished pcb having a ultrasonic bath in alcohol, got a cleaner last week very cheap on ebay. No […]

TCPIP to serial converter free PCB build

Smok built a free TCPIP to serial converter PCB. Give your projects an internet connection by simply connecting to this board over a serial interface. 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 […]

Altera MAX3000A CPLD breakout board free PCB built

Pietja built a free Altera MAX3000A CPLD breakout board. These CPLDs come with 64 macro-cells running up to 200 MHz. 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 forum. […]

MCP2200 breakout board free PCB built

Megabug built a free MCP2200 breakout board. MCP2200 are USB-to-UART converter chips by Microchip. In fact they are PIC18F14K50 microcontrollers programmed with the USB-to-UART firmware.  We were able to hack one and program an open source USB stack into it. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post […]

Free PCBs for pictures of PCB errors

We’re writing a new tutorial on PCB manufacturing, and we’d like to add pictures of common PCB manufacturing errors. We’ll give out free PCB coupons in exchange for open source licensed images (limit 4). Here’s the examples we need, the first two are the most important right now: via alignment problem (drill not centered in […]