Gerber Viewers
When creating a PCB to get made by a 3rd party you need to generate some files to send. There is a industry “standard” called the Gerber format or more commonly Gerber files. Most PCB software can generate these and
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Tags: gerbers, pcb, viewer
ATX Power Control Board
When I built the MING Pi, I needed a way to signal to the ATX power supply that it needed to turn on. I did that by cutting an ATX connector in half and soldering the Power On wire to
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Tags: ATX PSU, pcb, Raspberry Pi
Spot face cutter
I needed a tool for creating the breaks in stripboard, so I created my own from a broken drill and a branch from the garden
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Tags: pcb, Stripboard, Tools
Stripboard
For an upcoming project, I wanted to create the design on stripboard so that others could easily reproduce it. But I needed a design tool…
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Tags: pcb, Stripboard
Clock PCB mounting
My plan to mount the printed circuit board onto the back of the clock was to use some screwed PCB mounts which were screwed onto double threaded woodscrews fixed into the back of the clock. I chopped the end of
Posted in: Topsy Turvy Clock
Materials: Sugru
Tags: pcb
Tachometer kit construction project
As mentioned previously I bought myself a small electronics kit tachometer only to find that it was all surface mount components. The supplier ikalogic send me some more tips on construction. http://www.bdmicro.com/smt/http://electronic4beginner.wordpress.com/ There were several recommendations to use a temperature
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Tags: pcb, smd, tachometer
Surface Mounted Devices
I recently purchased an electronic kit to make a tachometer, with the aim to measure the speed of my lathe and drill. Given that I’ve only got a mini sized lathe and it’s fixed speed there’s no real reason to
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Tags: pcb, smd, soldering, tachometer
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
