Category Archives: PCB

Toaster Oven: Reflow SMD Soldering…

Posted on February 15, 2012 by krazatchu

There’s a special place in my workshop for the toaster oven, that place is on the workbench.  Using an toaster oven to reflow circuit boards is both fast and easy. When you find an oven on sale at Walmart for … Continue reading →

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6NoMi: The Age of Refinement

Posted on October 1, 2011 by krazatchu

The 6NoMi RF project, designed for use with Arduino or standalone, is now sporting a major upgrade with a four layer PCB. While removing the castellations of the earlier version and maintaining it’s Arduino compatible pin out, the new four … Continue reading →

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How to: Adding an image to an Eagle layout.

Posted on June 21, 2011 by krazatchu

When your using Eagle to design and layout circuits, at some point you may want to add an image. While Eagle easily supports adding text, we are going to use a specific font and adjust the kerning to create the … Continue reading →

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What can castellations do for you?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by krazatchu

Castellations are a low cost connection method that turns the PCB into a surface mount sub-assembly. They are commonly used on small radio assemblies and as breakout boards for fine pitch SMD components. This first attempt has proved very informative. … Continue reading →

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