Week 08 - Electronics Production#

Week 8 focused on electronics production, learning to fabricate PCBs using milling, soldering components, and testing circuits.
The aim was to produce functional circuit boards in-house and understand PCB manufacturing processes.

This week applied the electronics design skills from Week 6 to actual fabrication.

Group Assignment#

• Characterize the design rules for your in-house PCB production process
• Submit a PCB design to a board house

Individual Assignment#

• Make and test an embedded microcontroller system that you designed

Extra Credit Goals

• Make it with another process (e.g., vinyl cutting, etching)

What I Learned#

Software Used#

• mods or FlatCAM for generating toolpaths
• PCB Milling Machine control software
• Soldering equipment
• Multimeter for testing
• Browser + Git for documentation

Weekly Schedule#