I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and they didn't teach us this in school, so yeah... theres that. Thanks for making this approachable to the DIY'ers out there.
Same here. However we did get to solder some basic components like resistors, capacitors etc to a small PCB with already soldered MCU and we did some basic programming on it, but thats all. Should have been more of this kind of practical work...
Wow.. I'm shocked that this isn't something they would teach you in an EE course. I think working with electronics would only deepen your interest and understanding further. I also feel like this is a key aspect of what the majority of people would be interested in if they took it.
@@426F6F A university-level electrical engineering course teaching you how to design and order a PCB online would be like a mechanical engineering course teaching you how to change the oil in your car, an economics course teaching you how to open an online savings account, or a computer science course teaching you how to upload videos to UA-cam or host your own website. Those are all trivial things that you can learn on your own and not what uni degrees are supposed to teach you.
Sometimes I forget that I am a certified Engineer. Why did I ever bother going to college. I didn't learn any of this, so here I am. Humble beginnings. I just want to make a usb with a programmable screen that shows a QR when plugged in.
Gateway drug... no kidding man! Got into Raspi, 3D printing, Microcontrollers like ESPs for things like WS8212s and WLED projects, Home assistant and other Raspi servers...last December. Yea... not enough hours in the day LOL. Especially when my real job as a communications engineer gets in the way....lol. I'm having way to much fun tinkering and being a maker. So much to learn which really is the best part. I'll strat a project, see a video or article on something new and get all excited all over again. But, I am finishing projects! Just shipped a Dinosaur Night Light to my Son for the newborn Grandson's room. D1 Mini running WLED (Amazing app) for WS8212 LEDs. Very happy with how it came out and friends and family have been heaping praise in me. Gotta say...it's pretty rewarding making things after 20 years of doing integrations for voice and data acquisition and analysis. Having PCB made is the next step to make projects look legit. So,, thanks for the help!
That's awesome to hear @Sabotage_Labs! You know right?? This is so scintillating, once you get into one area of this making space, you get drawn into all. I really love that you also share your projects with your family. Sure your grandson was real happy haha! I've been feeling a bit daunted about going into PCB design but I'm glad I ran into this vid. Looking forward to the new niceties to learn. And all the best with everything🎉
This video was amazing. No chit chat about useless stuff that makes the video way too long but didn't miss any important parts, showed process from prototyping with cables to end of design, and even included the ordering from a manufacter part. I'll look forward to watching more videos like this from you!
A few tip for novices to soldering. Always skip pins whenever possible. For example, if you’re soldering 10 pins in a row, do them in this order… 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7…. This prevents excessive heat build up in one area which can damage components and burn up traces. P.A.C.E. has some great videos on UA-cam. They are very old videos, but the laws of physics don’t change so it’s all still relevant!
THANK YOU!! I've had many schematics that i've wanted to create pcbs for but I thought "this is just another thing that I'm going to need to dedicate hours and hours to try and learn.....someday". I just created my first board and ordered it in under 2 hours, next time will be much faster. Thanks for showing how easy it really is.
Thank you. Finally, after all these years, after watching your video, I got started and designed my first PCB last night. It's now awaiting processing! Can't wait to see if the board comes out ok.
boards came in from JLCPCB today! they look so nice and everything fits perfectly! Not sure if it works yet (haven't had time to solder it all), but looks so professional!
@@imjustroyal6808 yeah it sort of did... everything went fine, PCB looks great, except when I powered it up, nothing happened... I realized I missed one important trace, the one that connects the incoming power to the rest of the circuit... lol! Thankfully it's through hole, so I just soldered a wire and it's all good. For v2 of the PCB, I have added the missing trace.
The curved traces are there for timing. They keep parallel paths equal distance to differential pairs, keeping impedances equal, therefore eliminating noise in the signals. In general, we should leave them in.
It is not about resistance, only about length and travel time. Most of the time we can make the approximation of quasi steady state. Meaning we assume current is constant or at least the signal travels all the circuit way faster than the current's changing. And there, from Maxwell equations (that are always true) comes kirschoff's laws. For data transfer, current isn't constant at all and has a pretty high frequency (the higher the more data/s we get). The approximation isn't realy correct because the circuits length isn't small enough compared to current's wave length. 2 bite emitted at the same time need to be received simultaneously, and so we try to make sure they have the same travel time.
Some 40 years ago we spent weeks if not months to make a new PCB Layout. Not mentioning that a clogging plotter always gave difficult time. What you are demonstrating is just amazing….
When I made my first crude PCB, I had to draw the circuits on a copper-plated board and then dip it in etchant. Man, things have come a long way since then! Thank you for this tutorial!
Can't thank you enough for putting together this very clear and thoughtful video. Though I have a lot of knowledge about parts, soldering, electronics, etc.... I've never ventured into creating my own PCB. My use case was exactly what you mentioned... I have a project with 5-6 individual parts which meant a lot of cumbersome wiring. Through this video, I went from understanding nothing about designing PCBs 2 days ago to having my first order on its way already. THANK YOU! Very good video!
I found this channel by searching and subscribed halfway through the first video. This is really, really good content and I expect to see this channel really blow up. I was a little nervous about making a PCB before watching this. After watching this, I feel zero hesitation. that’s pretty incredible for just a few minute long video. It’s still complicated but it’s no longer mysterious.
What the hell have i gotten myself into now… great now i know how to make my own PCBs and im gonna put them on EVERYTHING!!! Thanks boss this was just the simplified video i needed
Been a sub for 3 years (more?) for the Smart Home stuff and this is actually for me (now) the most useful video I've found on the channel. Rest are "merely" interesting :-) Seriously though, great video demystifying and explaining really clearly. THANK YOU!
Thank you very much ive been modifying game systems for a long time and being able to have custom printed pcb's made exactly like i want rather than what is available to buy from others who have made something similar will make things so much easier and better for me so thank you very much.🙂👍✌
You really blew through a whole bunch of things that would trip up a newbie. But you covered the highlights and the users can gain experience along the way. So many times I've wished that a video would just cover the high points and not bog down in the minutiae. You certainly did that with this.
Thanks for the video. I just used it to design my first ever PCB today. Nothing complicated but think I nailed it. Now just waiting on it to be manufactured and arrive!
I started getting into this line of thinking as I am about to build a new house. I want to have relays in the attic, along with esp32s to control the multiple lights for each area. To do this, I need to design a board for my custom solution. Good video to start me down the road into that mode of thinking.
Wow, I've always wanted to start getting into creating custom PCBs, since my projects without them look awful and bulky haha. Great timing for the video!
Nice intro video. One point on safety. Unless people know what they are doing (I mean really know), they should not try to incorporate mains voltage in any of their designs as AC has several considerations to take into account like gaping and how to calculate trace thickness and width. Letting the magic smoke out of a PCB via AC is a much more serious issue than with low voltage DC.
I agree with you 100%. In fact, you'll notice that I pretty much don't mess with mains on my channel for that exact reason. PCB or not, making a mistake with mains is a much bigger deal than 5-24VDC.
If you want to keep your designs out of the cloud, KiCAD is another option. It's free, but the routing is manual. It even creates a rendered view of the project.
KiCAD is honestly the reason I put off doing this for so long. I’m sure it’s a great program when you get used to it but it was so overwhelming for me that I’d open it up, fumble around for a bit and then close it without saving.
Cool! I heard some manufacturers also provide a pre-assembled service? So instead of them only printing out the PCBs and you source and solder the components, they also source and solder the components for you! Would be nice if you could review this service!
This is amazing! I'm working on a WLED project to convert my Christmas light show to addressable LED's this year with X-Lights. I've been prototyping boards for my design, and I want to be able to set up my props different every year. This gets me the final piece of a compact board to drive 2-3 props and only have to feed 12V to the control box! Can't wait to receive my boards!
9:17 I am kind of new to all this PCB stuff. What is it exactly that's being soldered? I understand he's using tin obviously. What else does he "put" in those holes to connect to the tin and thus to the PCB? It seems like he sticks some kind of pin of another component to connect to the PCB?
hi great video a follow up would be great showing you how to design a smt board to be part assembled at JLCPCB as I am having issues around how to identify the SMT components.
Sweet, I love these tutorials Rob Nails it every time! I got a few multi sensors that started out as BRUH multi-sensors and have evolved into: temperature, humidity, barometric, LUX, sound level and motion detection and more. Using up almost every pin on a Node MCU. I think I want to add air quality by going from BME280 to a BME680 and then maybe finalize it to PCB but then I think of something else. Like maybe adding a screen to display NTP time.
7:30 If I want to build a device with minimum emf emissions, would that be advisable to have a ground plane on both sides of the PBC and join them with through hole vias?
I tried to follow the tutorial you provided, but I got stuck with attempting to figure out how to create custom component (it's Adafruit's servo bonnet (ADA3416, the one with socket on top of it), and I use SDA / SCL pins). I needed to create footprint and layout for this but honestly I failed and gave up on this. I would appriciate guide through creating component if one is missing from library
Copper planes are also beneficial in the manufacturing process of the pcb as not that much copper needs to be removed. Always fill your pcb with copper planes even if you're not connecting them to a net.
Great video! Looking forward to trying EasyEDA. For my first board design I'm currently using Fritzing, which is simple but has rough edges. Eagle and KiCAD are too daunting for me. Thanks for the tip on larger traces for higher current. My project also uses 12v and could benefit from thicker power traces. I would have missed that without your video.
how do i add a common ground and common vcc for all the components in a schematic. what should i use in my schematic for the supply. i am using a 9Volt battery, so i need a battery holder for that in my pcb. how do i make connections?
I have a question; I am wanting to build a buck boost converter that has a TFT screen that will show the output voltage. Input will be from a 3.7v lipo batter and has to have an ouput of at least 9 volts, preferably 10 volts. Thing is, I have no idea what will be needed and how to build this thing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Hello, Do you have any suggestion for pcb mounting box? I need some for outdoor operation but still with WiFi and I'm unable to find some in which I can mount my pcbs. Thanks!
Hi I want to make a simple coil for a planar magnetic speaker driver. As I'm pretty new to circuit printing (I used very inefficient manual methods before) is it ok to have only one Cu F layer? I'm using KiCad but it seems to be similar here. I really only need a simple unmasked copper trace layer on a flexible, thin PCB. Do you have any important notes or suggestions for my usecase? In case you wanna take a quick look at the gerber file, I could provide you a link to my Google Drive via E-mail. Thanks in advance!
I found the hardest part of using that site you talk about is finding the correct components. I am not able to do surface mount. I only want to use through hole components. I have not found an obvious way to pick components based on that prefereance.
As always, love your tutorials! Do you think it's possible for you to make the "Final" tutorial for your motorized blinds playlist. The older video you show how to hook up everything step by step for newbies like me. This video was amazing but you stopped when the PCB was made. It would be awesome, and I know for sure everyone else thinks so too, if you made one more video continuing off of this showing us how to finish the project but using this PCB and then how to integrate it into Home Assistant. I'm new to all this including Home Assistant and would really love to do this for all the blinds in my parents' home. Keep up the great work!
I love the video. I have too many questions. How do I figure out what components I want to use? How do I understand the voltageI need to each components? Or him many voltage I need?
This was a nice video to keep in my list. I've been playing around with a idea that at the moment will have me trying to Dr. Frakenstein two different PCB's functions for what I thought would be an already available product. I'm trying to create a battery operated, motion sensing, full rgb, fairy light rig for jewelry boxes I make to pair with jewelry I also fashion. I used to work on F-16's decades ago, and I'm a bit out of touch with my electrical skill/knowledge, but hope that this endeavor will shake some rust off one way or another. If it doesn't work, I'll do a bit of studying and head right on over to this PCB creation site. I really wish this thing that I'm trying to do would have been created already. C'est la vie I guess.
will try the easy eda. thanks rob. but where the details of the Dave Morris board ?.......in the parts list on github i could only find rj45 jack and the tactile switch. the board eliminates the motor controller and buck convertor. does those components should be part of the BOM or those individual pcbs (buck & motor controller) go on top of this board ? is there any explanation on how it all works ?..does the cat5 cable is what needs to run to the blinds ?...mainly are these PCBs already on PCBway or JLC for ordering like Quin does ?
Hello, I need help with a PCB that I’m doing for my 9th grade science fair project. I’m getting input from a solar panel, it’s not a big one at the slightest, only about 4.5 inches by 2.5 inches. How should I go about designing the PCB and what components would I need? I do not need to convert power all DC is perfectly fine.
Oops sorry I said that first one wrong what I meant to say is pcb boards can work the way you want them to work I want to do one with model, trains and video game controllers doesn’t work like that?
I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and they didn't teach us this in school, so yeah... theres that. Thanks for making this approachable to the DIY'ers out there.
Same here. However we did get to solder some basic components like resistors, capacitors etc to a small PCB with already soldered MCU and we did some basic programming on it, but thats all. Should have been more of this kind of practical work...
In highschools and in colleges we are all learnt to be workers and not inovators and that is sad
Wow.. I'm shocked that this isn't something they would teach you in an EE course. I think working with electronics would only deepen your interest and understanding further. I also feel like this is a key aspect of what the majority of people would be interested in if they took it.
i did this in my first internship. I designed a PCB to control a bunch of stepper motors using Pic32 microcontroller.
@@426F6F A university-level electrical engineering course teaching you how to design and order a PCB online would be like a mechanical engineering course teaching you how to change the oil in your car, an economics course teaching you how to open an online savings account, or a computer science course teaching you how to upload videos to UA-cam or host your own website. Those are all trivial things that you can learn on your own and not what uni degrees are supposed to teach you.
Sometimes I forget that I am a certified Engineer. Why did I ever bother going to college. I didn't learn any of this, so here I am. Humble beginnings. I just want to make a usb with a programmable screen that shows a QR when plugged in.
Respect for your honesty.
No way I am doing more in my bedroom than I will in college 😭. What do they focus on in college if they don’t teach this??
@@georgepappas45 parents
" Why did I ever bother going to college"
Really?! Apply for an EE role without the degree and see how it goes.
@@kingofdice66 So the companies look at your degree and not your skills?
Gateway drug... no kidding man! Got into Raspi, 3D printing, Microcontrollers like ESPs for things like WS8212s and WLED projects, Home assistant and other Raspi servers...last December. Yea... not enough hours in the day LOL. Especially when my real job as a communications engineer gets in the way....lol. I'm having way to much fun tinkering and being a maker. So much to learn which really is the best part. I'll strat a project, see a video or article on something new and get all excited all over again. But, I am finishing projects! Just shipped a Dinosaur Night Light to my Son for the newborn Grandson's room. D1 Mini running WLED (Amazing app) for WS8212 LEDs. Very happy with how it came out and friends and family have been heaping praise in me. Gotta say...it's pretty rewarding making things after 20 years of doing integrations for voice and data acquisition and analysis. Having PCB made is the next step to make projects look legit. So,, thanks for the help!
That's awesome to hear @Sabotage_Labs! You know right?? This is so scintillating, once you get into one area of this making space, you get drawn into all. I really love that you also share your projects with your family. Sure your grandson was real happy haha! I've been feeling a bit daunted about going into PCB design but I'm glad I ran into this vid. Looking forward to the new niceties to learn. And all the best with everything🎉
Dude... share your videos or share your products i would like your business
This video was amazing. No chit chat about useless stuff that makes the video way too long but didn't miss any important parts, showed process from prototyping with cables to end of design, and even included the ordering from a manufacter part. I'll look forward to watching more videos like this from you!
A few tip for novices to soldering. Always skip pins whenever possible. For example, if you’re soldering 10 pins in a row, do them in this order… 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7….
This prevents excessive heat build up in one area which can damage components and burn up traces.
P.A.C.E. has some great videos on UA-cam. They are very old videos, but the laws of physics don’t change so it’s all still relevant!
hey, how can I find this videos? i'm new in hardware stuff
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Question, you mentioned 10 but only showed some numbers out of 10, so what the the numbers you skipped in this. Will check our that video(s). Ty.
@@shawnmendrek3544 The idea is not to do them in order. Jump around so heat isn't building up in one spot.
@@kevinmitchell3168 Thank you. Sometimes I can read between lines but sometimes I cannot. Respect for not judging.
Oh man. Rob, stop making such awesome videos that take me deeper down the home automation rabbit hole!
Man, I have never not been blown away with how informative and concise your videos are! Please don't ever leave... 😆
THANK YOU!! I've had many schematics that i've wanted to create pcbs for but I thought "this is just another thing that I'm going to need to dedicate hours and hours to try and learn.....someday". I just created my first board and ordered it in under 2 hours, next time will be much faster. Thanks for showing how easy it really is.
Thank you. Finally, after all these years, after watching your video, I got started and designed my first PCB last night. It's now awaiting processing! Can't wait to see if the board comes out ok.
boards came in from JLCPCB today! they look so nice and everything fits perfectly! Not sure if it works yet (haven't had time to solder it all), but looks so professional!
@@shenqiangshou oii, give us an update. Did it work?
@@imjustroyal6808 yeah it sort of did... everything went fine, PCB looks great, except when I powered it up, nothing happened... I realized I missed one important trace, the one that connects the incoming power to the rest of the circuit... lol! Thankfully it's through hole, so I just soldered a wire and it's all good. For v2 of the PCB, I have added the missing trace.
Not bad my man! It’s nice to see a guy with common sense and a good brain making videos. Keep it buddy.
The curved traces are there for timing. They keep parallel paths equal distance to differential pairs, keeping impedances equal, therefore eliminating noise in the signals. In general, we should leave them in.
It is not about resistance, only about length and travel time.
Most of the time we can make the approximation of quasi steady state. Meaning we assume current is constant or at least the signal travels all the circuit way faster than the current's changing.
And there, from Maxwell equations (that are always true) comes kirschoff's laws.
For data transfer, current isn't constant at all and has a pretty high frequency (the higher the more data/s we get).
The approximation isn't realy correct because the circuits length isn't small enough compared to current's wave length.
2 bite emitted at the same time need to be received simultaneously, and so we try to make sure they have the same travel time.
Thanks, that was actually very interesting!@@neodymelanthanide2101
Wow that makes perfect sense. I would've thought it was a mistake too though XD
@@neodymelanthanide2101 100% correct
@@neodymelanthanide2101 kirchhoff
Some 40 years ago we spent weeks if not months to make a new PCB Layout. Not mentioning that a clogging plotter always gave difficult time. What you are demonstrating is just amazing….
When I made my first crude PCB, I had to draw the circuits on a copper-plated board and then dip it in etchant. Man, things have come a long way since then! Thank you for this tutorial!
Covering ground planes, thick traces, and vias answers a lot of undiscussed questions I've come up with in learning about PCB's.
Can't thank you enough for putting together this very clear and thoughtful video. Though I have a lot of knowledge about parts, soldering, electronics, etc.... I've never ventured into creating my own PCB. My use case was exactly what you mentioned... I have a project with 5-6 individual parts which meant a lot of cumbersome wiring. Through this video, I went from understanding nothing about designing PCBs 2 days ago to having my first order on its way already. THANK YOU! Very good video!
As a PCB Designer myself its cool to know that there's easy tools out there for hobbyists to make one!
What do the pros use? I've been in Software Development for almost a decade now and I am so ready to transition careers.
This is definitely a gateway drug.
The clearest easyEDA and PCBWay video I've seen so far - thanks so much!
I found this channel by searching and subscribed halfway through the first video. This is really, really good content and I expect to see this channel really blow up. I was a little nervous about making a PCB before watching this. After watching this, I feel zero hesitation. that’s pretty incredible for just a few minute long video. It’s still complicated but it’s no longer mysterious.
What the hell have i gotten myself into now… great now i know how to make my own PCBs and im gonna put them on EVERYTHING!!! Thanks boss this was just the simplified video i needed
Finally someone did a decent job explaining the cool stuff.
Thanks buddy, stay safe
Been a sub for 3 years (more?) for the Smart Home stuff and this is actually for me (now) the most useful video I've found on the channel. Rest are "merely" interesting :-) Seriously though, great video demystifying and explaining really clearly. THANK YOU!
Thank you very much ive been modifying game systems for a long time and being able to have custom printed pcb's made exactly like i want rather than what is available to buy from others who have made something similar will make things so much easier and better for me so thank you very much.🙂👍✌
Wow. And to think I used to do them by hand with copper-clad boards, resist marker pens, and trays of acid. :-) What a time to be alive!
A similar video for 3D printing project enclosures would be amazing
Making a PCB has been in my bucket list for a while, This video makes it look super easy thanks!
You really blew through a whole bunch of things that would trip up a newbie. But you covered the highlights and the users can gain experience along the way. So many times I've wished that a video would just cover the high points and not bog down in the minutiae. You certainly did that with this.
As always, the best on the whole internet!! Plain and simple.
Amazing 😅 I'm a QA in PCB assembly now I want to design something, thank you for this video🎉
Hopefully you are going to do more PCB tutorials, really enjoyed this one.
I agree, his explaining are good too
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Thanks for the video. I just used it to design my first ever PCB today. Nothing complicated but think I nailed it. Now just waiting on it to be manufactured and arrive!
Learned more in this video than in all my years of college. Thank you!
I started getting into this line of thinking as I am about to build a new house. I want to have relays in the attic, along with esp32s to control the multiple lights for each area. To do this, I need to design a board for my custom solution. Good video to start me down the road into that mode of thinking.
Holy crap, that was an incredibly succinct and informative tutorial!
This is great, and why you’re one of the leaders in this space!
Wow, I've always wanted to start getting into creating custom PCBs, since my projects without them look awful and bulky haha. Great timing for the video!
Thank you for this video, I was able to make a custom breakout board for a surface mount component using this tutorial in about an hour.
Nice intro video.
One point on safety. Unless people know what they are doing (I mean really know), they should not try to incorporate mains voltage in any of their designs as AC has several considerations to take into account like gaping and how to calculate trace thickness and width. Letting the magic smoke out of a PCB via AC is a much more serious issue than with low voltage DC.
I agree with you 100%. In fact, you'll notice that I pretty much don't mess with mains on my channel for that exact reason. PCB or not, making a mistake with mains is a much bigger deal than 5-24VDC.
If you want to keep your designs out of the cloud, KiCAD is another option. It's free, but the routing is manual. It even creates a rendered view of the project.
KiCAD is honestly the reason I put off doing this for so long. I’m sure it’s a great program when you get used to it but it was so overwhelming for me that I’d open it up, fumble around for a bit and then close it without saving.
Cool! I heard some manufacturers also provide a pre-assembled service? So instead of them only printing out the PCBs and you source and solder the components, they also source and solder the components for you! Would be nice if you could review this service!
This is amazing! I'm working on a WLED project to convert my Christmas light show to addressable LED's this year with X-Lights. I've been prototyping boards for my design, and I want to be able to set up my props different every year. This gets me the final piece of a compact board to drive 2-3 props and only have to feed 12V to the control box! Can't wait to receive my boards!
9:17 I am kind of new to all this PCB stuff. What is it exactly that's being soldered? I understand he's using tin obviously. What else does he "put" in those holes to connect to the tin and thus to the PCB? It seems like he sticks some kind of pin of another component to connect to the PCB?
Great job! Bonus points for covering ground planes! For complex projects could also include test pads, but not necessary for simple projects.
This is just the type of tutorial I was looking for. Thanks!
Literally been looking at doing this recently! I'd tried EasyEDA for my simple stuff and missed a few steps that you covered. Thanks!
Awesome video, thanks so much. Finally sat down and watched it all and this will be super helpful in my auto suspension adjustment mod for my car.
hi great video a follow up would be great showing you how to design a smt board to be part assembled at JLCPCB as I am having issues around how to identify the SMT components.
Is there any way to "simulate" how the PCB will behave in the real world?
Great content, and thanks for sharp 1440p resolution!
Sweet, I love these tutorials Rob Nails it every time! I got a few multi sensors that started out as BRUH multi-sensors and have evolved into: temperature, humidity, barometric, LUX, sound level and motion detection and more. Using up almost every pin on a Node MCU. I think I want to add air quality by going from BME280 to a BME680 and then maybe finalize it to PCB but then I think of something else. Like maybe adding a screen to display NTP time.
Perfect timing for this video. Thanks!
Great video! I've created my own project but learned quite a bit from the video. Thank you!
Thank you ❤️ I am trying to make my own guitar pedals since ones I can't afford the market ones this helped me so much!!
Thanks so much, ima now turn my breadboard raspi pico stuff into a pcb, great video, subbed
Loved this video! Clear information and i found the resources to be very helpful for my first PCB build!
PCB layout is an art. So yes it can become very complicated.
It's a rabbit hole that's definitely worth going down.
This video was a game changer❤
This is really helpful, thank you for creating and sharing!
7:30 If I want to build a device with minimum emf emissions, would that be advisable to have a ground plane on both sides of the PBC and join them with through hole vias?
This is freaking amazing!
I tried to follow the tutorial you provided, but I got stuck with attempting to figure out how to create custom component (it's Adafruit's servo bonnet (ADA3416, the one with socket on top of it), and I use SDA / SCL pins). I needed to create footprint and layout for this but honestly I failed and gave up on this. I would appriciate guide through creating component if one is missing from library
Thank you that was a perfect introduction.
Copper planes are also beneficial in the manufacturing process of the pcb as not that much copper needs to be removed. Always fill your pcb with copper planes even if you're not connecting them to a net.
Great video as always! :) But I'm 100% not gonna say, that u soldered the ESP at 9:30 the wrong way ;)
That's good explanation,first thank you,second can i make pcb with cheaper way without standing and waiting my demand?
Great video! Looking forward to trying EasyEDA. For my first board design I'm currently using Fritzing, which is simple but has rough edges. Eagle and KiCAD are too daunting for me.
Thanks for the tip on larger traces for higher current. My project also uses 12v and could benefit from thicker power traces. I would have missed that without your video.
this is a great video!! would love to see more like this. we need more makers!
how do i add a common ground and common vcc for all the components in a schematic. what should i use in my schematic for the supply. i am using a 9Volt battery, so i need a battery holder for that in my pcb. how do i make connections?
this was a great video that very easily introduced how to make a pcb
I have a question; I am wanting to build a buck boost converter that has a TFT screen that will show the output voltage. Input will be from a 3.7v lipo batter and has to have an ouput of at least 9 volts, preferably 10 volts. Thing is, I have no idea what will be needed and how to build this thing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Hello,
Do you have any suggestion for pcb mounting box? I need some for outdoor operation but still with WiFi and I'm unable to find some in which I can mount my pcbs. Thanks!
Love your videos, man!!
Pub boards works on model trains, and make them work on game controllers to write for signals for signals?
Interesting you could conduct Courses, for beginners as a hobby or work learning.
Hi I want to make a simple coil for a planar magnetic speaker driver. As I'm pretty new to circuit printing (I used very inefficient manual methods before) is it ok to have only one Cu F layer? I'm using KiCad but it seems to be similar here. I really only need a simple unmasked copper trace layer on a flexible, thin PCB. Do you have any important notes or suggestions for my usecase? In case you wanna take a quick look at the gerber file, I could provide you a link to my Google Drive via E-mail. Thanks in advance!
I cant seem to find the nodemcu in the system(2) with the designated pin outs shown on yours, what am I missing. Thanks
Very helpful thanks for a quick explanation!
i can see how this can be addicting!
What's the minimum number of units you can print with services like PCBWay?
I found the hardest part of using that site you talk about is finding the correct components. I am not able to do surface mount. I only want to use through hole components. I have not found an obvious way to pick components based on that prefereance.
As always, love your tutorials! Do you think it's possible for you to make the "Final" tutorial for your motorized blinds playlist. The older video you show how to hook up everything step by step for newbies like me. This video was amazing but you stopped when the PCB was made. It would be awesome, and I know for sure everyone else thinks so too, if you made one more video continuing off of this showing us how to finish the project but using this PCB and then how to integrate it into Home Assistant. I'm new to all this including Home Assistant and would really love to do this for all the blinds in my parents' home. Keep up the great work!
I am not educated in designing circuits to make a pcb from. What do you guys think where should I start with learning designing aof circuits?
10:09 - Not necessarily something you missed, but I’d like to know how to edit gerber files. I need to change from metric to English.😊
I love the video. I have too many questions. How do I figure out what components I want to use? How do I understand the voltageI need to each components? Or him many voltage I need?
This was a nice video to keep in my list. I've been playing around with a idea that at the moment will have me trying to Dr. Frakenstein two different PCB's functions for what I thought would be an already available product. I'm trying to create a battery operated, motion sensing, full rgb, fairy light rig for jewelry boxes I make to pair with jewelry I also fashion. I used to work on F-16's decades ago, and I'm a bit out of touch with my electrical skill/knowledge, but hope that this endeavor will shake some rust off one way or another.
If it doesn't work, I'll do a bit of studying and head right on over to this PCB creation site. I really wish this thing that I'm trying to do would have been created already. C'est la vie I guess.
will try the easy eda. thanks rob. but where the details of the Dave Morris board ?.......in the parts list on github i could only find rj45 jack and the tactile switch. the board eliminates the motor controller and buck convertor. does those components should be part of the BOM or those individual pcbs (buck & motor controller) go on top of this board ? is there any explanation on how it all works ?..does the cat5 cable is what needs to run to the blinds ?...mainly are these PCBs already on PCBway or JLC for ordering like Quin does ?
Send me an email and I can send you a parts list. I have another board that takes 5v and 12v and sends them to the board. Towerclimber87@gmail.com
Thank you for your knowledge.
Thank you very helpful video.
Hello, I need help with a PCB that I’m doing for my 9th grade science fair project. I’m getting input from a solar panel, it’s not a big one at the slightest, only about 4.5 inches by 2.5 inches. How should I go about designing the PCB and what components would I need? I do not need to convert power all DC is perfectly fine.
I made my own PCB boards in the '80s with stuff I bought from a nearby Radio Shack.
thank you for showing this!
Outstanding video! Thank you!
What will be the wattage and amps of a 12volt (120led/m) Smd 5050 rgb strip light of 10mtr length?
hey mr hook up, do you have any recommendation for 3d printing services?
Anyone know where can I have a pcb board made that's a duplicate of what I currently have but can handle more voltage ⚡️?
Certainly made that look easy
thanks for making this video very helpful !!!!
Oops sorry I said that first one wrong what I meant to say is pcb boards can work the way you want them to work I want to do one with model, trains and video game controllers doesn’t work like that?
Very nice tutorial! One quick question, what’s difference between via and the through-hole? They both are through holes by looking at them.
A via doesn't get any components put into it and the conductive material passes through the entire PCB.