#65 Postbag #16 (Ceramic Tweezers, Test Points and More)
Prototyping the easy way: https://www.pcbway.com. Another postbag video. It has been a while but some interesting stuff in this one! Links to the items in this postbag are below.
This video is made possible by PCBWay. Submit your tutorial here: https://www.pcbway.com/activity/call-for-pcb-design-tutorials.html
In this video I give you 10 tips and tricks that helped me when I started out with PCB design. Some simple guidelines that can help you level up your PCB design skills.
If you have some tips, be sure to leave them in the comments section below and consider making your own video and submitting it to PCBWay to win some awesome prizes!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkc8BxL5Eo0
A while ago Marcel from Maxint R&D send me some of his PCB's. Included was a challenge. The challenge was to solder a tiny RGB LED to a breakout board and show it working.
Challenge accepted!
Marcel's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUPB-0CbcJK4VGwloY-icsw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnxSCOQFpAo
10PCS CR2032 CR2025 Half-Round Coin Cell Battery Holder Case ($0.30)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32844533855.html
100PCS 0603 LED Green ($1.00)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32886268527.html
5 x 100PCS/Color 0603 Side SMD LED ($10.98)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32865082948.html
HDMI 1.4 1 in 2 out 1080p HDMI Splitter ($12.42)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32625711064.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDztiOkGclI
While testing my attempt at a portable and rechargeable headphone amplifier I noticed it getting very hot around the inductor. It turns out that while rushing to get a board made I forgot to take an important aspect into account!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RamHZTamfWM
In this video I am building my new workbench light. I use an aluminium sheet as a backplate and an acrylic sheet of the same dimensions to create a simple and costeffective workbench light.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vth3GWQAU0
In this video I will building a FreeTouchDeck. Step-by-step I will take you from start to finish.
If you like to do things in your own tempo, there is a written Instructable available here: https://www.instructables.com/A-Bluetooth-ESP32-TFT-Touch-Macro-Keypad/
Links used in this video:
38-pin ESP32-WROOM-32 Development Board
(AliExpress: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AmfI1H)
ILI9488 TFT screen with XPT2046 touch controller
(AliExpress: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AMAa6B)
FreeTouchDeck code:
https://github.com/DustinWatts/FreeTouchDeck
ESP32 + TFT Combiner:
https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/ESP32_TFT_Combiner_V1.html
ESP32 Arduino core:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json
ESP32 Sketch Data Upload Tool:
https://github.com/me-no-dev/arduino-esp32fs-plugin
ESPAsyncWebServer:
https://github.com/me-no-dev/ESPAsyncWebServer
AsyncTCP:
https://github.com/me-no-dev/AsyncTCP
ESP32 BLE Keyboard Library:
https://github.com/DustinWatts/ESP32-BLE-Keyboard
FreeTouchDeck Case on Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4661069
FreeTouchDeck Fusion 360 file:
https://github.com/DustinWatts/FreeTouchDeck/tree/master/case/ESP32_TFT_Combiner_Case
0:00 Intro
0:42 Make sure the screen has touch
1:17 ESP32 + TFT combiner PCB
2:45 Software
10:55 First Boot
11:20 3D Printed Case
12:28 Outro
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2X4BQ9VmEU
I thought it would be relatively easy to fix a broken TS100 barrel jack. I did not have the right tools and I should have stopped and waited until I did. This is what happened when I decided to try it anyway.
Get in touch with me:
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