Creating Your Own Printed Circuit Boards
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- We take a quick look at the evolution of a home brew project from the breadboard stage and the proto-board stage to designing and submitting a printed circuit board on line to 'OSH Park' and getting professional looking PCBs back in the mail in about two weeks.
The answer to my prayers. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant this is definetly the way to go, absolutely brilliant. Many thanks to you Budd.
Thanks, great video. That does look a lot easier than other board managers .
Brilliant...great job! Love the simplicity of fritzing, very nice!
Excellent work. Simple!
You are a great instructor. Thanks for video.
You have done an excellent job !! I look forward to seeing the rest of your videos.
Very cool video! I'm working on a project that requires creating a PCB. Having absolutely no experience, this video is exactly what I needed to get started. Thank you!
thank you so much, this is the most informative how to DIY vid that I have come across so far. excellent. Being a beginner in electronics, lots of confusing things are going on. this took a good chunk out of the confusion.
thx again, Budd
You have a great video here! And you have just clarified the use of Fritzing for me. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for the clear and crisp explanation! :)
This is exactly what Ive been looking for. thank you so much.
Thanks Budd, great video. Been playing around with pcb design but had never thought about printing it and testing the spacing in that way ! many thanks
Thanks! That was educational and entertaining!
Awesome video man! Thanks for shaing!
Such good information and laid out perfectly! I just downloaded Fritzring, so now I'm going to go play with it. Thanks! Thumbs up!
This is the most helpful video I have watched in a while. Thank you
Just what I needed. You are Awesome!! thx Budd!!
wonderful, thank you. i got exactly this rats nest and want to go PCB. i also did not know about Prototino, very useful too. i'm a software developer for 20 years, but now with that idea i had and an arduino, i finally got a real insight how all of this is actually working 🤭
Very informative. Exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you, kind Sir!
such a helpful video Budd! gona lay my project out on the a pcb finally, thanks!
This video is simply amazing :") THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS for the really detailed yet informative steps Mr. Budd :D
Great video bud!!!
Thanks for this video you did a very nice job with this!
Great job Budd. I really enjoyed this. A tonne of work went into it for sure. Thanks for sharing. Sharing this on tomorrows live show. Cheers
Eric William Sounds great Eric. I'm not sure that I will be able to catch your show live, but I do enjoy viewing them.
Budd Churchward I'm honored Bud :) Thanks again for a great video.
Eric William I also enjoy seeing you on 'Show and Tell' I never miss that show or 'Ask an Engineer' one of these weeks I need to show up with one of my projects.
Budd Churchward You absolutely should! Adafruit Industries Would love to have you and would appreciate you expanding on their video in this one for sure. I'd bet they would appreciate your projects. Cheers
That is like the old kits Radio Shack used to sell. Those were the days.
fantastic vid as always
Hey Budd,
I started designing and etching circuit boards when I was around 12 years old, using permanent markers, my mom's fingernail polish, and that caustic ferric chloride PCB etchant from Radio Shack. That was a horrible process. I much prefer the newer method you mentioned. It may take a bit longer, but it's much more professional looking, and almost idiot proof (but I'm sure I can find a way to foul it up).
Great video. Always concise, clear, and entertaining. Thanks for sharing.
-Rob
KG7GTC
amazing ,big thanks sir
Had seen Fritzing in magazines, never knew you could do the PCB design from the program. Thanks
wow!! that is great software
Definitely liking
Thank you very much !
Cool! 2/11 is my birthday! And I'm learning PCB design!
Ill probably use OSH when I need 6mil. For everything else, I use the modern version of what your father did. Instead of a pen though I use an inkjet printed transparancy, a film thats laminated onto the copper clad and a uv light. The film is uv sensitive, where its exposed to uv it washes away in the dev bath. I keep a plexi glass vertical bubble etch tank on my patio. your father was using ferric chloride, I went cupric. A 1oz board needs about 15min in my tank. I've only etched 3 boards so far but am already down to 10 mil. With the new film I have on order and proper prep I expect to do 6mil with medium effort. The point for me is to be able to test the day i finish design. At the moment I use rivits for through hole but im working on a plating tank. Basically add graphite to nail polish for "activating" the holes. then some time in the tank. Ill admit, Esp this later bath is not the most friendly concoction but chemicals are as safe as the amount of prep work and care you put into using them
I have tried to make my board but have no idea where to start. Other videos are way too complicated showing you how to use eagle, dip trace and etc. I just gave up. Your video really show me that could be done even for a newbie like me. Thanks a lot.
Thanks so much!
do you have a link for the full video on the voltage regulator you made here with fritzing?
Thank you for this video
This video was very helpful and I especially liked the practical advice
on checking the layout by printing the design to a piece of cardboard
and placing the components on it. I will definitely checkout Fritzing.
This is especially interesting to me because I am experimenting with
the LMD18200 h-bridge but the pins a too large to fit into a breadboard
and cannot be soldered easily. Does Fritzing accommodate ICs with
larger pins such as the LMD18200?
There are many parts libraries (they call them bins) available from multiple sources. If you can not find what you are looking for, you can design your own.
Awesome. Thanks
I prefer EasyEDA for PCB-Layouts, because it is really easy going to get professional looking PCBs. I also use it for my breadboard designs. For me it is better to start with the schematic and push the parts to their positions to get a good wireing. In case I just need one or two PCBs with just a few nets (and this is in most cases) I use dot grid protoboards and I do the wireing by use of tin coated copper wire. I don't like to wait weeks for my PCBs.
Thanks for the note, Gunter. This video is 8 years old. I now use EasyEDA as well. The learning curve is a little steeper, but it is worth it. They have made ordering PCBs so easy.
I am not sure where you are located, but I find the turn around time very good. I have my boards shipped by DHL and they always arrive days before the promised date. Typically I have my boards in 7 or 8 days after I upload the files. The best ever turn around time was only 5 days.
Ok, thanks, I did see that I can turn layers on and off. Next question is about changing the spacing on the contacts for the transformer, so it matches my transformer. mine are 5 mm apart, and 10mm from side to side. This should clue someone into how difficult it is to make a circuit board using specific parts that are not as common as diodes, capacitors, and IC's. I used a 4n35, where I needed a 4N25, but the case is the same, so it does not matter, the part will fit. The transformers are a different matter altogether. The capacitors should be easy, but they are not, mine ar 5mm lead spacing. So if I can edit those parts to match what I have, I can see about making some boards.
Hi Budd, good video. I've used them for a simple encoder for an iPhone and APRS. Any chance you'll be sharing the Morseduino 2 for others to order?
Looks great!
Steve
KC9RQI Thanks for the kind words, Steve. I hope to be able to share it. It just came and I need to build it up and make sure there are no problems first. Will keep you posted.
Great video! I subbed!
Thank you well explained
Nice video...subscribed
best education video ever
great vid thanks a lot
thanks for the overview. No need for a double sided board like this.
I can't imagine NOT autorouting on more complex layouts. Let the computer do the work.
can you add a link to the full video?
This is where my project dies, i get only so far, but there is always one or two things that will prevent the boards from meeting my requirements. In this case, it is the transformer lead spacing, and possibly the capacitors, although I think the capacitors may be an easy fix. I have a good circuit board, if I can change the spacing on the transformer leads.
ahh radio shack etch kit, i had one of those
Hi! Great Video. I was also curious about where to find the second video where you go deeper in to the Fritzling process?
Budd -
Very very interesting and informative. Thanks. About 8 min into the video you window in and say you're going to move along, but that the entire process can be viewed on another video on your youtube channel. But I can't find it. What's it called ?
Very nice video. What did the 3 boards cost? Probably well worth it!
Budd did you use Fritzing to layout the board in the video or did you use another cad PCB program?
How to draw circle into PCB???
Hey Budd! I have a quick question. I’m pretty new to this, I’m not really sure what those “jumpers” are? Are they actually parts that you purchase or becomes part of the pcb? Also, what’s do they do? Thanks!
I found that I have to add the copper pads on the pcb view, and they can't show in the schematic. Now that I am done, i need to know how to show the top traces, then the bottom traces to make sure everything is routed properly. Then i have to fix he spacing on the parts so my capacitors and transformers will fit the board. I don't see any way to do that right now.
You can turn layers on and off to see different things ... look at the last 10 items in the 'View' menu. Just add and subtract check marks.
To change the pin spacing on components, experiment with the 'Inspection' window on the right. Click on a part and then you should see lots of options to make it match the one you are using.
OK, I have my entire schematic on the screen, and I need to add pads that I can run wire connections to, then label them. Can you tell me what part will make a pad that I can route a wire to? I deleted all that other stuff about beta, and what doesn't work, the software is far from perfect, but maybe i can get it to work.
Thanks for the awesome video! Do you know if OSH Park has any kind of minimum size restriction? I'm planning to build a tiny board to fit in a DIP-8 package, and 1" would actually be too big for that.
Excellent video!! Two quick questions, just out of curiosity why have the ground on the bottom layer? Also, is it absolutely necessary to have the Schematic? They still confuse me and I wasn’t completely sure why you had to add those grounds in the schematic, that doesn’t come through from the breadboard diagram?
If you can, it is nice to create a ground plane on one side of your board. Usually you will have to have some extra traces on the bottom, but filling it with as much copper as possible reduces the chances of interference from RF signals. I am reading now that adding a ground fill to the top of the board is also recommended. (If you are working with high frequency circuits these planes can induce capacitance that might result in unwanted oscillation... the experts know about that stuff and have the equipment to detect it.)
The extra ground symbols in the schematic are there to make the circuit easier to read. It significantly reduces the number of lines that you have to follow around the diagram.
How much did you pay for these three boards if you don't mind sharing.
Around $140 I'd guess after checking out their website
Seems a bit much... checkout jlcpcb.com
Is there any way we could have a quicker turn around time? Say like 5 days?
YES. Since this video was posted years ago I have discovered www.jlcpcb.com and use them all the time. In fact today I just got an email from them saying that the boards I uploaded 2 days ago are completed and on their way via DHL. I have had boards at my door as quick as 4 days. Generally I figure 5 or 6 days. Once DHL held my boards for 3 days. Having said that, do not expect any quick service if you order during the Chinese Lunar New Year Holiday. Everything shuts down for about two weeks and nothing moves. I have several videos about JLCPCB here on my channel.
Can OSH park deliver outside the country?
Muito bom, mesmo! gostei muito uma pena que você não mora no meu país.
does that program tie you into making a purchase from oshpark or can you laser print in out?
oshpark website doesn't give you any idea how much it costs to do up a board, I've found that big companies that hide away their billing system tend to sting you with the bill.
Why Mr churchward did you not tell us the price of those boards and avoided Ronny Julian's question about the price? this video sounds like an infomercial to me
lotsofsparks32 I think I did tell you the price. It is $5 per square inch, but you will get three boards. These three boards were $31 with free shipping. You can submit your design and see images of all the layers. OSH Park will then show you the full price before you commit to the order.
The files are exported in a standard format that can be sent to any fabrication service.
The Fritzing software has a submit button to their own company but it is in Europe so I haven't tried it.
I will take your 'infomercial' comment as a compliment. But the truth is that I don't think my video skills are anywhere near that professional quality. I'm just a ham radio operator enjoying my hobby who wants to share a good thing with others when I can.
Budd Churchward
I have to disagree with you on your video skills. Not only are they professional quality, but the subject matter is well organized, moving logically from one topic to the next. I didn't expect to watch the whole video, but I did.
Have you ever used KiCad or Eagle?
Hi is it possible for you to design something else for me and send it to my email? it is an audio signal tracer but I just don´t have the design skill with the software yet.
How do you make the gerber file that goes into osh park?
+Rocket Man In the 'File' menu select 'Export' then slide and select 'For Production' then slide and select 'Extended Gerber'. This will create several files which you will then need to compress with something like WinZip. The *.zip file is the one that you will upload to OSH Park.
cool
could you please advise on making electronic enclosures manufacturing in affordable cost?
Hi Budd
I wonder could you possible help? I would like to get manufactured my own Ethernet controlled relay board.
Would you have time to help with the design?
Heli Pilot I am quite behind on my own protects and I am not sure what kind of help you have in mind . If it is encouragement you need I can offer you a lot of that.
Budd Churchward
You have already encouraged many of us..!Thanks for the great videos.
Can you please teach me if I pay you for how to make a circuit board for a purpose
Sir, how much does it cost you?
+Adebayo Oladipo They charge you $5 USD per square inch, but they send you three boards.
That's not bad... Thanks.
very nice and educational video 73's DE KG6DQL
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
what is the purpose of making custom pcb? i do understand when you feel like you got a great product that many others can benefit with. but for one-shot projects it is a huge overkill unless you're suffering that illness when everything's got to be perfect. or you're benefiting from making others to do that stupid thing.
Hey man would you mind upload some gameplays of minecraft or a gameboy videogame gameplay to the channel? It would be amazing duuude
yeah, sure i think you can be the new pewdiepie.
Ma man!!
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This video could probably be only a minute long. I think I took 2 naps in between each of the important parts.
I don't think it was produced for those experienced like you. It's for beginners like me. I looked and couldn't find your video on the subject.
Never made a PCB before. Still didn't need all the nonsense in between because anyone with a brain who's used a computer before knows how to click and drag, which was 90% of this video.
+Rob Christian My guess is this video isn't targeted to you. I've done al these things before, and I found his presentation to be very good. For someone with little experience, a well-paced explanation is the difference between jumping in and staying on the sidelines.
Rob, download the "chrome html5 video speed controller" from the Chrome web store. Free program that lets you set the speed of RUclips and other videos. Most instructional videos can be viewed at 1.6x to 2x, and you can skip commercials, too. It makes a lot of videos more tolerable.
Budd, thanks for the info. Very cool stuff.