Assignment requirements
Group assignment
- Characterize the design rules for your in-house PCB production process: document the settings for your machine
- Document the workflow for sending a PCB to a boardhouse
- Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned
Individual assignment
- Make and test a microcontroller development board that you designed
Progress status
Group work
Done
In-house PCB production process
Individual work
Done
Make and test a microcontroller development board
Documentation
Done
Upload .zip with source files.
1) Introduction
Huge thinks TO-DO
- Characterize the PCB fabrication
- Mill copper traces wiht the CNC machine
- Cut the board and test it
2) Group assigment - Learning how to design a PCB production process
For more details visit Fab Lab Peru Week 8 Group assignment
Hybrid exploring and application
- Lab structure
- Signs
- Warnings
3) Individual assigment
Project idea
- PCB Design - KiCad
- Generate G-Code - intructions to CNC
- Milling - V-bit engraving tool
- Drill and cut
Reviewing design
Milling at CNC
Milling at CNC
Milling at CNC
PBC final product
PBC final product
Design 2 with Fusion
Review design 2 at Lab
Milling the design 2
Milling the design 2
Milling desing 2
PCB Milled
Reviewing the product
Accesories
Welding
Testing routes
Welding process
Reviewing PCB
Reviewing routes and welds
4) Final project advance
Running
Explore devices
Band for runners
5) Final results
- Linked to the group assignment page
- Documented how you made the toolpath
- Documented how you made (milled, stuffed, soldered) the board
- Documented that your board is functional
- Explained any problems and how you fixed them
- Uploaded your source code
- Included a 'hero shot' of your board
6) References files
We learn how to design, make and test a PCB. Files: