So since I'm doing a bit more with making my own PCBs these days, I thought I'd start up a thread! For myself, I'm using KiCAD for design, and JLCPCB for making them. My current project is to take a ...

Open source pick and place machines have come a long way in the past years, but are not necessarily worth the setup time and machine cost if you are only building a few PCBs at a time. [Nuri Erginer] ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a tangle of wires, wishing there was an easier way to bring your electronics project to life? If you’ve dabbled in DIY electronics, you know that creating ...

These days, we live in a post-Dick Tracy world, where you can make a phone call with your fancy wristwatch, and lots more besides. [akashv44] has gone a simpler route, designing their own from scratch ...

Hand-made PCB boards are often thought of as “quick-and-dirty’ solutions, producing simple, yet functioning boards. Unfortunately, it can be extremely disappointing to spend a substantial amount of ...

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HX8861 is in the same family with similar specs but missing a few features and in a smaller package. It has a datasheet: One of your resistors is labeled "POL" which is pin 36 above. There is also a ...