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Standalone AVR Chip Programmer
Program without a computer for speed!
Instead of having a computer that talks thru the Arduino to a chip for programming, instead the Arduino itself programs the chip. This means you can program chips without having a computer involved. The good news about this technique is that it is incredibly fast, you can program chips 10x faster than with a computer and without having to type anything in.
Author Gravatar Image LADY ADA
Shop Tips & Tricks
Making manufacturing easy
This guide is a series of manufacturing notes. This is where you will find all the stuff we've learned in our short time of running a company, manufacturing in-house electronics and basically having a good time.
Author Gravatar Image LADY ADA
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KTOWN's Ultimate Creating Parts in Eagle Tutorial
Listen up! KTOWN is going to school you right in EagleCAD!
Creating parts in Eagle isn't difficult, but you do need to understand a few things about how Eagle organizes things internally. This tutorial will walk you through everything you need to know to start making reliable, manufacturable parts today!
Author Gravatar Image KEVIN TOWNSEND
How to Make a Pogo Pin Test Jig
Get jiggy!
If you end up buying a pick and place to assemble PCBs (or even if you're doing it by hand) you'll need to test out your boards! If you have an assembler do it for you, its still probably a good idea to have a jig you can give them. A good jig will tell you whats going right and whats going wrong. In this tutorial I will show how I designed a very basic jig with a "tested good" audible indicator. The board its testing is very simple but the basic premise can be expanded to large projects with ease.
Author Gravatar Image TYLER COOPER
Creating Accurate Footprints in Eagle
A guide to making footprints in Eagle that accurately reflect the mechanical outline of your parts
Author Gravatar Image KEVIN TOWNSEND
SMT Manufacturing
Our mods, hacks, tips and tricks for SMT manufacturing.
Here are a bunch of tutorials for manufacturing small to medium scale (10 - 10,000) piece surface mount electronics.
Author Gravatar Image LADY ADA