Kicad StepUp – export kicad 3D board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/kicad-stepup-export-kicad-3d-board/
kicad StepUp allows exporting kicad 3D board and comps in STEP AP214 .By easyw @ sourceforge.net: kicad StepUp: a new approach to export kicad board and modules in STEP AP214 (with colors). With kicad StepUp, it is possible to work in kicad EDA with the same component model data available in the STEP AP214 3D format, […]
Makerarm: The Robot That Can Make Anything!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/makerarm-the-robot-that-can-make-anything/
A complete digital fabrication system for makers everywhere: 3D print, laser, carve, plot, assemble, pick/place + more on your desktop! Makerarm: The Robot That Can Make Anything! – [Link]
Makerarm – The first robotic arm that makes anything, anywhere
https://www.electronics-lab.com/makerarm-the-first-robotic-arm-that-makes-anything-anywhere/
Makerarm just lauched on kickstarter. It’s a penknife for the DIY world, it can make almost anything by changing the toolhead! A complete digital fabrication system for makers everywhere: 3D print, laser, carve, plot, assemble, pick/place + more on your desktop! Makerarm works with interchangeable heads for countless applications. It 3D prints: Makerarm is not confined […]
Logic PCB Business Card
https://www.electronics-lab.com/logic-pcb-business-card/
Floyd-Jones designed his own business card using logic circuitry. He writes: The card implements a digital finite-state machine which displays the next character of my last name on a 7-segment display each time the button is pressed. Luckily all 11 characters in my name can be reasonably shown, essentially spelling out FLoyd-JonES. I simulated the […]
3D Print the Ultimate Helping Hands for a PCB Workstation
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3d-print-the-ultimate-helping-hands-for-a-pcb-workstation/
by Giuseppe Finizia @ makezine.com: I am the Senior Analyst of the Electronic Forensics Unit of the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) and I deal with technical investigations on seized electronic devices. I spend most of my day in a well-equipped electronic laboratory, but I was lacking a tool for performing technical assessments on printed circuit boards […]
Making a PCB business card
https://www.electronics-lab.com/making-a-pcb-business-card/
Ilia Baranov has designed a reference business card: Back of card includes: Ruler in both 1/10″ and mm. AWG Hole size gauge (not super accurate due to plating, but that is unavoidable) Resistor/capacitor/inductor/diode sizes Common surface mount component sizes Common electrical symbols and shortcuts/equations Common conversions Trace size comparison Quote from Dune! Making a PCB […]
PCB stencil jig
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcb-stencil-jig/
Gonazar’s PCB stencil jig: My solution to making a PCB stencil jig. I need this to do a run of ~30 small boards I got from DirtyPCB who also provided me with the stencil. However, I know that I’m going to be making more later with a new revision so I wanted a jig that […]
Can a current flow even up the hill?
https://www.electronics-lab.com/can-a-current-flow-even-up-the-hill/
Of course it can, even apeak. So if you connect leads from the bottom side via a PCB connector, you don´t have to worry about the current… Should you however be afraid of accidental fall off of the connector (it will certainly hold on if there are no vibrations, shocks or unpredictable tension to leads), […]
Surface-mount device prototyping in education
https://www.electronics-lab.com/surface-mount-device-prototyping-in-education/
In this article Vassilis K. Papanikolaou explains how SMD prototyping practice can be used in learning environments using simple and wide available tools and equipment: A feasibility study is herein attempted, towards the adaptation of modern surface-mount device (SMD) prototyping practice to learning environments. This necessity emerges not only from the profound advantages of the […]
ZofzPCB: FREE 3D Gerber Viewer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zofzpcb-free-3d-gerber-viewer/
Rafal @ zofzpcb.com writes: Many CAD designers, including myself, are equipped with powerful graphic cards. I definitely wanted to use a gamer graphic and I wanted to fly. There is the result, 3D Gerber viewer with newly implemented display of components. Components are guessed, not yet from BOM. Download at http://www.zofzpcb.com Do not forger to check […]