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Title: Circuit board projects
Post by: tgujay on Sun, 26 August 2012, 19:56:06
Any cool circuit board projects I could do to get my soldering skills down?  Cheap preferably and easy as I'm new to electronic workings outside of PC components.
Title: Circuit board projects
Post by: cactux on Sun, 26 August 2012, 19:57:50
there are some nice stuff in sparkfin.com
Title: Re: Circuit board projects
Post by: tgujay on Sun, 26 August 2012, 20:12:39
I can't see anything on that website.
Title: Re: Circuit board projects
Post by: WRXChris on Sun, 26 August 2012, 20:14:20
sparkfun.com, jameco.com, makershed.com, parallax.com

plenty of projects on those sites from beginner to advanced. Good luck!
Title: Circuit board projects
Post by: cactux on Sun, 26 August 2012, 20:16:07
They sell multiple components and DIY kits. I think they have some books that will show you how to built something basic
Title: Re: Circuit board projects
Post by: tgujay on Sun, 26 August 2012, 20:16:44
sparkfun.com, jameco.com, makershed.com, parallax.com

plenty of projects on those sites from beginner to advanced. Good luck!
Thanks will check those out!
Title: Circuit board projects
Post by: cactux on Sun, 26 August 2012, 20:17:35
I can't see anything on that website.
typo sparkfun.com. I own multiple board and I use more my crappy iphone keyboard
Title: Re: Circuit board projects
Post by: The_Ed on Sun, 26 August 2012, 21:21:45
I will be making a nixie chessboard soon. But it is a VERY ADVANCED project, and a lot of experience is needed. When you gain enough experience you can do projects like this as well. Just something to look forward to.

I am upgrading/expanding a lot of my setup for this project. SMD is a pain, but will be a lot easier now.

(http://www.lasermad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DSCF50092.jpg)
Title: Re: Circuit board projects
Post by: __red__ on Sun, 26 August 2012, 21:45:07
Any cool circuit board projects I could do to get my soldering skills down?  Cheap preferably and easy as I'm new to electronic workings outside of PC components.

You could follow my keyboard project if you wanted.  All the designs are open source.

It's a scalable keyboard.  IE, it tiles in any direction in 4x4 tiles.

Less "qwerty", more control surface.