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Wow, very very similar to my first PCB, a breakout board for the TSL4531. I ordered it from OshPark back in 2016. Used the exact same soldering iron, and a Quic
by bschwindHN 3mo ago
Wow, very very similar to my first PCB, a breakout board for the TSL4531. I ordered it from OshPark back in 2016. Used the exact same soldering iron, and a Quick hot air station, though it's the less fancy one than you have.
https://github.com/bschwind/tsl4531-module https://github.com/bschwind/tsl4531-module
https://imgur.com/ozk7UuS https://imgur.com/ozk7UuS
(sorry for imgur, not sure what people use for image hosts these days)
I then went on to also make a BME280 breakout:
https://github.com/bschwind/bme280-module https://github.com/bschwind/bme280-module
From there on I've made various PCBs, and thankfully they've pretty much all worked on the first try. I do take a lot of extra time to verify the design and double check all the datasheets.
- tadasv 3mo agoIt's so funny that you had a similar idea. Are you an electrical engineer or swe? What are you building these days?
- bschwindHN 3mo agoI work on software and a bit of hardware for my job, at tonari. It's basically a low latency video "portal" to connect spaces. My most recent hardware project was to add an OLED display + rotary encoder dial to the product. That was a fun project, and it turned out great! It was also my first time doing a 4 layer board and having to worry at least a little bit about EMI and all that. All my previous stuff has been lower speed 2 layer stuff, like a custom mechanical keyboard.