In the past, I’ve already wrote about two cheap PCB services: FusionPCB by SeeedsStudio OpenPCB by iTeadStudio On YourITronics you can find an interesting blogpost which compares those two services, including the one offered by OSHPark. PCB quality offered by Seeeds and iTead seems very similar; some users suspect they use the same PCB fabric. The time it takes to realize…
Saturn PCB Design Inc, a US company industry leader in PCB design, released for free a useful utility called PCB Toolkit. The software has many functions, for example: via properties (capacitance, resistance, power dissipation…) calculator; conductor properties calculator; planar inductors inductance calculator; tables with informations about AWG values; … Via: DangerousPrototypes
Tom, from Milwaukee Hacker Space, tested a very fast way to etch your circuit boards: he uses a mix of muriatic acid and high-concentrated (30%) hydrogen peroxide and wipes the copper away with a sponge. Here’s a video showing the board completely cleaned in few seconds: Please be careful with the acid and work in a…
iTeadStudio has a PCB service similar to the one I described in a previous post. Some days ago, they added a very interesting offer: for 5$ more than the basic cost, you can get 8 (versus 10 in green version) PCB in different colors (black, blu, red, white, yellow). Prices in detail: 8 PCB, max size 5cm x…