electronics production

Electronics production is full of sweet memories. I remember making pcbs from dotted boards, copper boards with solution etching, ink toner method with iron box at home. The idea was to make perfectly working pub circuits at home itself. This is possible with a pcb milling machine and basic soldering tools. Using SMD components will be the best way to do it.

Went through Neils lecture. I looked more on the machining tools and its requisites in design. Also making flexible pcbs with copper vinyl was pretty much exciting. I can see great prototyping opportunity for wearable and consumer electronics in this domain. Decided to go for pcbs milling and programming fun.

Making of FabISP.

  • Setup Modella with Fabmodules.

modela

  • Downloaded interior and traces files of usbkey version.
Traces/tracks Interior/Outline
traces interior
  • Milled board.
Milling the board After milling
milling milling
  • Stuffed components.

stuffing

  • Made a ribbon connector. Used avrisp programmer at lab to program it.

programming