Category Archives: Hack

Laser Cut Stenciling for SMT PCB DIY Solder Pasting

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Andy

Through-Hole soldering is fast, fun and easy.  The parts you populate your PCB’s with are the very same ones you can pull from your breadboard once your project is finished, and you are ready to make a permanent version. What … Continue reading →

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Cutting PCBs

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Spike

While building prototypes the need to cut an existing PCBs or generic prototyping PCBs to fit your project will come up once in a while. What I normally do is score the PCB with a box cutting knife or hack … Continue reading →

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Need more pins for your Arduino project?

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Spike

I was working on an Arduino style project the other day and needed just a couple of more pins. I really didn’t want to add any extra circuitry to the project so I looked at the Atmega328 and wondered how … Continue reading →

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