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Some of the prototypes he shows in his videos are really beautiful, or I'd just be echoing the "just lay out a board" chorus. There are people you will never g
by buescher 4y ago
Some of the prototypes he shows in his videos are really beautiful, or I'd just be echoing the "just lay out a board" chorus. There are people you will never get away from this kind of prototype/one-off construction and that's OK. You'll still see it occasionally in PCB RF design, too. I.e. if you want to do a bunch of experiments (antenna designs, etc) today and don't have a board mill.
But if you are looking for advice on learning to do this stuff, it's a backwards approach for 2021.
- seventytwo 4y agoIf you have the materials on hand, making one of these boards will be quite a bit faster and cheaper than laying something out and getting it quick-turned. The downside is that the quality won’t be as high, you’ll only get a single copy (or however many you make by hand), and you can’t reuse the work in a new design like you could with a CAD design. Still, there are definitely some advantages to being able to whip together a test unit like this.
- buescher 4y agoSure. It depends on how much you value time, how much else you have to do, and what the goal of the design is. I don't work or lead on one-offs much anymore, myself.