Glow In The Dark PCBs Are Pretty Cool - What if circuit boards could glow in the dark? It’s a fun question, and one [Botma... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/24/glow-in-the-dark-pcbs-are-pretty-cool/ #glowinthedark #pcbhacks #pcbway #pcb
ISEPIC – Eiskalt repliziert
Die ISEPIC-Cartridge war eine der ersten so genannten Freezer-Cartridges, die es ermöglichte, Schnappschüsse von Spielen und Programmen zu machen. Unter anderem war es möglich, Spielstände für Spiele zu speichern, bei denen dies nicht vorgesehen war. Aber die Erwei…
#c64 #Cartridge #commodore #Commodore64 #Expansion #Expansionport #Extension #Freezer #ISEPIC #PCB #PCBWay #Replica #Software #Starpoint
I've been sitting here for two fucking hours trying to get #JLCPCB or #PCBWay to properly interpret a BOM.
#JLCPCB fucks it up because they have internal part numbers. Okay, I can understand that.
#PCBWay because it has a broken captcha *after* I set everything up and manually clarified the minor BOM issues from their #KiCAD plugin.
And the broken fucking captcha deletes *everything* when I give up and hit "back".
Fuck web browsers. Fuck captchas. Fuck websites that don't save your progress.
#jlcpcb or #pcbway for cheap prototyping? #electronics #pcb #notsponsored
The PCB for Pilet’s battery module is almost production-ready! Huge thanks to #pcbway for their awesome support and sponsoring our prototyping.
A new project of mine: Inventing a DMX-compatible light controller board specifically aimed at miniature applications and stopmotion! It supports LED's of all sorts and even classic light bulbs - Have a look!
https://youtu.be/Fa_pF1SHCSA
#dmx #electronics #pcb #atmega #avr #dev #kicad #pcbway #led #pwm #dragonframe
Anyone in the UK got experience with #PCBWay ? I tried to place an order for some cheapish boards to try them out but then the customs fees almost doubled the total of the actual order. So are they really not any good for small scale / prototype orders or am I doing something wrong?
DIY 3D-Printed Arduino Self-Balancing Cube - Self-balancing devices present a unique blend of challenge and innovation. That’s ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/13/diy-3d-printed-arduino-self-balancing-cube/ #self-balancingcube #microcontrollers #microcontroller #selfbalancing #robotshacks #bluetooth #arduino #pcbway #motor #cube
Today I have been learning. I've learned that #PCBway has an assembly option for a reason and it would be a really good idea to take advantage of it. #electronics
It's #PCBWay Day! Boards for the 1:3 scale keyboards are here and waiting to be soldered up, flashed up, and then gently installed into their smol cases.
#vt100 #kicad #miniatures #keyboards
The new revision of the dupico arrived today, this one was sponsored by #pcbway!
It's (almost) built. I still need the damn ZIF socket. It should arrive within the week, hopefully. I want to reroute some traces for better clearance, so might draw another revision.
Tomorrow I'll build the first pod too, and I should be able to go on with the Denise Amiga clone build.
The dupico + accessories sponsored by #PCBWay are almost here.
I'll have coffee and then start getting the repos ready for publication, and put up the sponsorship tag.
Then I'll go back to the wink module and start systematically check every outside connection on the other schematic and compare with mine. If that passes, it's pcb drawing time!
Ok! The LEDs on the test #VT100 keyboard work, as does the haptic motor which together with the keyboard grid working as expected means that the PCBs are validated!
The only electrical tweak will be to swap the interboard cable ports for, I think JST-PH. There's a bit of room on the PCB for vector art so I may whip up something fun.
Thanks again to #PCBWay for funding the fabrication and assembly of these prototype PCBs. Their validation engineers gave me (a non-EE) a solid assist or two.
UPDATE: nvm, I'm missing a crucial component. Mee #PCBWay #pcb
One of my clients is a research lab with furnaces that communicate over RS-485. Each furnace has four RS-485 devices on it, with one being limited to 19,200 baud. With five furnaces, this was causing saturation of the bus. So I designed a TCP/IP-to-RS-485 brdige that also serves as a hub for DC power for most of the devices, as the wiring was getting really messy.
I just got the PCBs in today, and I’m going to try to bring up the board. Live stream here:
OK! The VT100 keyboard switch and LED boards are working their way through the machines of https://PCBWay.com who were kind enough to cover the costs. While those are in flight I'll complete the keyboard case design and nail down the key and cap production method which consists of resin printing 83 shafts per board, molding and baking polymer clay caps around the shafts, and then coating and curing a protective layer of UV resin.
#vt100 #keyboards #miniatures #kicad #sponsored #PCBWay
