Making PCB Vias using conductive ink
https://www.electronics-lab.com/making-pcb-vias-using-conductive-ink/
Here’s an alternative method for making PCB vias using conductive ink from Diyouware: We developed an alternative method for making PCB vias through-hole using our robot. As you probably know the traditional DIY method consists in threading a wire through the holes and then soldering it and then cutting it off. For example, if we […]
Search Github projects by component – find design references
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dangerousprototypes.com has launched a new search feature that is able to search GitHub for specific parts and enables you to easily find reference designs for your next projects. This new search feature can also display Schematics and PCB previews without having to open a CAD software on your local machine, but some limitations exists. They […]
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
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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
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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
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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), […]