Ptarmigan labs blogged about his free Smoke Tester v1 PCB build. It’s a board designed to safely power your prototypes, and check if they have a short somewhere using just about any available supply. A while back I got a free PCB from Dangerous Prototype’s Free PCB program. It’s a nice little board designed to provide […]
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3D Model: Smoke Tester v1
The Smoke Tester we previewed a fortnight ago is the latest 3D Model to be added to our library. It’s a board designed to safely power prototypes for the first time and see if there are shorts. Current can be measured using a voltmeter. The models will be published in the Dangerous Prototypes 3D warehouse […]
PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: Smoke Tester
Here is the Smoke Tester. It’s a board designed to safely power prototypes for the first time and see if there are shorts. Current can be measured using a voltmeter. Here’s the full feature list. 5V and 3.3v voltage regulators 7V-15V input 3 possible input sources: USB, 2mm DC barrel jack, and screw terminals 3 […]