DIY PCB inspection microscope
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-pcb-inspection-microscope/
Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog about it: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head itself. I decided to make stand from […]
5 Tips on designing RF PCBs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/5-tips-on-designing-rf-pcbs/
Michael Ossmann shared some of his practical experience and insights in designing RF PCBs, Michael designed a lot of RF PCBs like HackRF One, which is an open source SDR (Software Defined Radio) platform. Michael tips don’t include talking about Smith charts, Q factor, S parameters …etc which need a lot of academic knowledge, instead […]
EasyEDA’s Free and Online Gerber Viewer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/easyedas-free-online-gerber-viewer/
EasyEDA is a cloud-based EDA tool suite which supports open source and working collaboratively. Tools from EasyEDA include circuit simulation using Spice, PCB design, electronic circuit design and now RS-274X (Gerber) and Excellon gerber viewer, all are free. To use this viewer you need to upload your gerber files, in RS-274X format, in a zip […]
Projecta – Affordable & Faster PCB Prototyping Machine
https://www.electronics-lab.com/projecta-affordable-faster-pcb-prototyping-machine/
A.Qadry @ Intelligent Minds tipped us with their latest project, a PCB prototyping machine. They are going to crowdfund the project soon so if you are find it cool you can follow them on their facebook page. There are mainly two ways in talking about manufacturing, if you are going for a mass production by […]
Differential Pair Routing and Meander Tool in Eagle CAD
https://www.electronics-lab.com/differential-pair-routing-meander-tool-eagle-cad/
When you see some board designs, especially ones with high speed signals or differential pair signals, then you will notice a lot of zigzag/meander lines on PCB. If you’re wondering whether you can do differential pair routing, then the answer is simply yes by using Meander tool. First, let’s see how we can draw Differential […]
PCB Business Card
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcb-business-card-2/
alex.puffer @ hackaday.io designed a nice PCB business card with onboard 555 timer IC. I decided I was tired of paper business cards, and wanted something more fun (and more impressive to show off). Having a PCB business card is also a perfect portable portfolio, showcasing my design and layout skills. This project will span […]
Omniblox – Eagle BRD 3D viewer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/omniblox-eagle-brd-3d-viewer/
Omniblox is a very good 3D Eagle .brd 3D viewer created by Benjamin D. Richards and David ten Have, but some script knowledge is needed to use it. Looking to render printed circuit boards (PCBs)? Look no further. This script loads and renders them visually using a .brd file created by CadSoft EAGLE (version 6.0 […]
Factory programming ESP8266 gadgets
https://www.electronics-lab.com/factory-programming-esp8266-gadgets/
Johan Kanflo’s Esprog pogo pin connector: The FTDI connector can be found on just about any ESP8266 design. If you are building a gadget to be deployed somewhere and not a full blown development board, the FTDI connector is somewhat overkill. And it is quite large. A few pins could be shaved off but we still […]
Make the PCB from your design using Altium CircuitStudio
https://www.electronics-lab.com/make-pcb-design-using-altium-circuit-studio/
AshokRao guide us through the process of creating a PCB out of your Schematic, using Altium – CircuitStudio OK, further to Part 1 of this blog where we created a schematic, now it’s time to move to the PCB. If you still don’t have your license, get a trail from here: Professional PCB design tool […]
Intro to Printed Circuit Boards
https://www.electronics-lab.com/intro-printed-circuit-boards/
This is an intriduconary article about PCBs and their uses. In this instructable, I’ll go over what a printed circuit board is, where they are used, and the basics of how to make one yourself. So sit back, strap in, and enjoy learning about this very important and interesting method of making electronics! Intro to […]