PCBs
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PCBs. esPCB, ésePCB
Tips/Techniques
List
- https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/ive-never-seen-a-circuit-board-made-like-this/ - a way of using solder on epoxy board for traces. Allows for iterative development but has an up front investment. Would be interesting to see this done without the cnc, but with just a hot solder pen for modifications. That might be the answer to avoiding breadboards, which I don't like, and protoboards are better but not perfect, I should try this. There was also a follow up video, named "Howie did it - 3D printing a printed circuit board".
Rivets
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.16/doc/tutorials/PCB_Rivets/ - Guide on PCB rivets, 2 size recommendations, and how to flatten one side with a punch and hammer after installing. They sell a lot of rivet guns, but it's good to see that the fundamental idea of rivets needs only a hammer and a punch.
- https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/rivetseyelets-for-pcb-repair/ - Places to source rivets/eyelets
Thermal Design
- https://www.ti.com/lit/an/snva419c/snva419c.pdf - Copper thickness and power dissipation.
- https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/need-help-desciphering-layout-specs/ - reference for TI data sheet.
