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Yes, it's amazing. You often don't even need to have a PCB made much either because there are tons of modules for all common hobbyist circuits available very ch
by exporectomy 5y ago
Yes, it's amazing. You often don't even need to have a PCB made much either because there are tons of modules for all common hobbyist circuits available very cheap, cheaper than the individual parts! I'm building a robot with a Raspberry Pi, a MOSFET module, a camera module, an LED module, a power supply module, a current regulator module, a motor driver module, and audio amplifier module, an Arduino module, etc. Not a single perf board or custom PCB required.
Other important equipment like PC-connected oscilloscopes and lab power supplies are super cheap now too.
You might have missed an opportunity in the 1990's to make your own boards by drawing with an etch-resist pen. I was making boards like that using money from my paper run.
Maybe we need a new national anthem "Praise God for the rise of China" ;)