PCB Experiments - June 2014

Early 2014 I stated getting a little itchy to do something in electronics. I had learned from a friend that the way PCBs were made was just a bit of an old-timey graphics language.

Enjoying graphics and geometry I felt more than up to the challenge. After a few days of coding, a test run to quantify precision, and some help a geometry collaborator we submitted the following design:

The manufacturer contacted me the next day to tell me three things:

• The board design met all of their DFM rules, but they were not sure it could be manufactured
• The design was significantly under-quoted, because they had never tested the case of a board with only circular contours
• They were willing to try make it at the quoted price all the same

I said go for it, and I was not at all disappointed.

Much love to OSHPark for their great work and continued support of my wacky designs!