5. Electronics production

This week revolved around electronic design. We had the task of soldering and programming our own pcb chip.

Research

This was my first experience in this so I wasn’t exactly sure. I modeled my design from a previous students design.

For this task I copied the trace file and then converted it to png.

From there I uploaded it in to the modules site giving to us from the instructor. I had to key specific coordinates so that I could have the machine find the cut paths.

I had some troubled converting the file to the right format. Its important that you use modules to convert the file into a rml.

From there I uploaded my converted file in V Panel and the had the milling machine cut out the pieces.

Form there I pulled the components and the soldering them to the boards.IT was kind hard the first run . So I tried twice.

Once I got them down I tried to program them. With Atmel tech. scheme2.jpg

Code Example

Use the three backticks to separate code.

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
}

Video