I’ve been a really big fan of PCBModE for a long time. Designing beautiful PCBs is a seriously difficult skill, and a serious abuse of the PCB board houses. Saar Drimer of Boldport has done a great job, and anyone reading this should definitely check out his stuff. Where it falls down, though, is… Read More: Cosmetic Surgery on Altium Boards »
I’ve written recently about machining my own custom pen because, much like lamps, they are a “form over function” project where the end result can be gorgeous as well as useful. Aesthetically pleasing to everyone, not just techie people. And they don’t take up a lot of space! Initially, my design for the first… Read More: Anatomy of a Pen »
This is a pretty rare combo: using a premium PCB package with the budget board house. Kinda funny. Generally these small run PCB houses provide DRU and CAM files for EAGLE design rule checking and Gerber outputs, respectively. Because I’m using Altium, I had to make it up as I went along. It gets… Read More: Using Altium for a DirtyPCBs order »
Side note: A summary of something I’ve been using for many hardware hacks in the past while. A lot of commercial machines use gears for transferring forces. Well, duh. It’s often necessary to change gearing around, though, and it’s nigh-impossible to find commercial solutions with appropriate ratios, tooth profiles, and mounting options. So usually I… Read More: Reverse engineering those finicky little nylon gears you find in… »
Like many (many many) engineering types, I have a goal of easy workbench PCB fabrication. I think I’ve done more research than most, however, and in this case, sharing the wealth means everybody wins. I’ve posted this up here in its original form, but an updated version will live at the VHS wiki so that… Read More: Rapid PCB Prototyping »