Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 3322

How to etch a Single Sided PCB

METHOD #1: USING PENTEL/MASKING TAPE Using a pentel pen/masking tape mark your PCB with your circuit design/layout. Use the copper side when writing. Then submerge it in a basin using ferric chloride ...

Printed Circuit Board Single Sided PCB

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 1494

Printed Circuit Board PCB Creation and Manufacturing Process

The Manufacturing ProcessThe manufacturing process is carried on in a special and clean environment where the air is pure and there is no such type of pollution that could contaminate the procedure. T...

Printed Circuit Board PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 2067

PCB Designing and PCB Circuit Board Connectors

The usage of PCBs are Reliableprinted circuit boards are mechanical elements that are usually found in all electronic devices and are connected through printed wires or circuits which are made up of c...

PCB Designing PCB Circuit Board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 9820

How to Make a Circuit Board to Demonstrate Simple Electrical Circuits for Kids

Current ElectricityElectric current has become a powerful force in human society in the last two hundred years. It is used to extend daylight hours for reading and working. It powers virtually every a...

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Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 8746

Simple DIY Circuit Board Earrings

A printed circuit board, or PCB, is a plate inside most of our commonly used electronics that allows them to function. circuit boards are covered in traces, conductors, resistors, and other interestin...

DIY Circuit Board PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 3078

Basic Soldering Tips

Almost all the electronic circuits mentioned in this site are designed and built on a PCB board. But you cannot build these electronic circuits if you do not know the basics of soldering. If you do n...

PCB soldering printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 2099

Speed control for PCB drill

DescriptionHere is a simple circuit for controlling the speed of DC operated PCB drills. The heart of this circuit is the ICLM3578 which is a very efficient integrated switching regulator that can be ...

PCB drill printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 5145

PCB Design and Layout Software

printed circuit board (pcb) layouts are designed with help of PCB drawing software’s, commonly known as PCB Layout design software. Here we are listing you a collection of free pcb design softwares wh...

PCB Design PCB Layout printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 02,2014 3611

Circuit Boards and Rubylith: History Lesson for Today

What is RubylithRubylith® and Amberlith® are two layer films that are used in the photographic industry and are common in silkscreening. To use either, you would punch registration holes in tw...

Circuit Boards PCB board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 2966

Circuit Board Repair Kit Tape and Pad PCB fabrication

In a pinch, I have had to make a pcboard literally from a cardboard cigar box lid. A cigar box lid has no conductive surface to etch, so you're going to have to add conductors. There are several ways ...

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Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 20672

PCB Drill Sizes: #80 to #44 and everything between

This is a chart of drill sizes that might be used on PC boards. PCB drill sizes are no different than standard drill sizes, however PCB hole sizes do not correspond with the drill size if the holes ar...

PCB Drill printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 3419

A Large Printed Circuit Board Etching Tank

This tank is large enough to support the ammenities, such as a heater and an aerator. It is large enough for almost any home printed circuit board manufacturing job. The materials list includes only c...

Printed Circuit Board PCB etching

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 2697

Small Circuit Board Etching Tank for Large PC Boards

This is not my first vertical tank. It was designed after the large etching tank elsewhere on the site. There was one thing I hadn't considered. Well, one that comes to mind. The problem is in the siz...

Circuit Board Etching printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 2006

DesignSpark PCB Design Software for Windows PCs

DesignSpark PCB software is free, but you have to register it. It is used by Advanced Circuits PCB Artist, at least in a down-level version, but it outputs plot files for Gerber, printer, plotter, PDF...

PCB Design Software Printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 3447

Express PCB

This company specializes in low-cost fast-turnaround prototypes, but does production work, too. In comparison with others, the production price is very reasonable. The quality is good, and deliviery v...

PCB design software printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 3146

PCB Design Software: The First Step to a New PC Board

This is not intended to be a tutorial on every piece of PCB software available. It is more a verbose listing of available software. This PCB design software is generally Windows compatible, and has be...

PCB Design Software printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 15135

PCB Etchant Solutions

PCB etchant solutions are by definition and purpose nasty. They eat metal. They give off toxic fumes. They can stain. They contain metal that can only be called toxic waste, and should be treated as s...

PCB Etchant Printed circuit board

Karen Lin Apr 01,2014 13331

PCB Toner Transfer Makes Complex PCBoards Easy

NOTE: Your laser printer was designed to have laser printer paper run through it. A printer will have some latitude in the type of material that can be run through it. Your specific laser printer may ...

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Karen Lin Mar 31,2014 4089

Photoresist Facilitates More Complex PCBs

Photolithography and PhotoresistPhotolithography is the word applied to the process of using photographic or optical means to produce a photoresist mask for a printed circuit board. Photolithography a...

Complex PCBs，printed circuit board

Karen Lin Mar 31,2014 3823

PCB Resist Pens Make Simple PCB Fabrication Possible

If you need to make a printed circuit board in a hurry, and you don't care what it looks like, a resist pen is a reasonable choice. They typically lay down a 1/16" line (Sharpie 13601), although they ...

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