SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

So ive used ISIS and ARIS or was it ARES many, many years ago. Im going to need to make my own PCb's


Kind Regards Baggey

First made my own PCB 35+ years ago ish - found tri-pad around the turn of the century.

I reckon home made PCB manufacture has move on a little since I was happy with the results achieved with tri-pad.

I wouldn't say that the video shows him making a PCB. All he did was use KiCad, which is a nice piece of free software for design. But requires a lot of work if the components are not in the library, or SPICE simulation is required. And then send the final KiCad files over to PCB wave to make the PCB's, which would work out cheaper than buying a Photofabrication kit and the other tools to create the final PCB. The downside to using a third-party for the PCB is that you have to order a certain amount, it takes time to get them, and if you've cocked up. Then you have to repeat the process all over again costing more time and money.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could print your own PCB's

I bet someone's already onit.

i do it old school :
firstly, i solder the components on the board.
secondly i solder wires to make the connections between the appropriate pins of the components.
thirdly i check the continuity between the appropriate pins.
it takes some time to do it , but it works well..

i use 'falstad' to design the (virtual) circuit, quite simple to understand and use.
https://www.falstad.com/circuit/

That reminds me of Workbench.

Quote from: Baggey on October 28, 2024, 17:46:35Wouldn't it be nice if you could print your own PCB's

I bet someone's already onit.

Well there is this. Which wouldn't be the most tidiest solution.

And there is also this.

And then here's how you do it from here and here using a printer and etching.
NOTE: As etching uses chemicals. You have to take great care with your own and that of other peoples safety, interaction and reaction with other materials, and local authority requirements for the storing and disposal of chemicals.

Both methods above don't cover solder masks, lacquering and silk screening. But for a reasonable turn around for proto typing; they should do. Then once you are satisfied, just send the final gerbfiles to a third-party to produce the PCB.