Week 8: Reflection And Learnings
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Reflection
After completing this week of Fab Academy, I feel incredible to be able to create my own PCB board and am sure it will expedite the rapid-prototyping process for my final project. This week I ran into similar frustrations as Week 6 where I had trouble finding component libraries since I redesigned my board, but the milling process was fairly smooth, and my deepened understanding of CNC prodution from Week 7 applied directly to producing PCB boards.
EagleCAD
- The
fablibrary has some surface mount header pin components - Modifying the properties while selecting multiply routed traces only modifies one at a time
- How to efficiently change the width of many traces
Milling
- How to use the
Bantam Toolssoftware to operate the milling mahcines - The importance of cleaning the machine bed before applying adhesive
- How to clean a bit
- How to deburr a board
- The importance of washing a board with soap and water after milling