[TriEmbed] Lowest learning curve to design a board?

[Carl Nobile]

To follow what Scott said, I always make the first circuit on a prototyping
board if possible, then make a manufactured board. Never trust your first
design, I've been bitten a few times.

~Carl


On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:17 PM Scott Hall via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> *From:* TriEmbed <triembed-bounces at triembed.org> *On Behalf Of *jonathan
>>>> hunsberger via TriEmbed
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 27, 2023 3:52 PM
>>>> *To:* Triangle Embedded Devices <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [TriEmbed] Lowest learning curve to design a board?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (trying to make this fit in the triembed 250k limit..)
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM jonathan hunsberger <1101010 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for all the info. I'm playing around with EasyEDA at the moment
>>>> and will see where i can get.  I did hack this together with pre-perforated
>>>> circuit board in a lock-n-lock (see pic).  Now i'd like to make it more
>>>> compact and repeatable and maybe make a 3d-printed shell for it.  This is
>>>> for a project <https://github.com/jrhunger/dialamemory> where you can
>>>> dial numbers on a rotary phone and play audio samples.  There is one in the
>>>> Cocoa Cinnamon on Hillsborough Rd in Durham, but for that one i took the
>>>> insides out and wired everything directly to the receiver/dial.  The newer
>>>> version (pictured and which i'm trying to make a board for) uses a SLIC
>>>> board so an unmodified phone can plug into it.  I'm sure i will get it
>>>> wrong a few times before i get it right. :)
>>>>
>>>> Funny thing this .... Elektor Magazine in their July/August issue had
> an article "Rotary Dial Phone Remote Control", and they have also had a
> sequenced-switch MP3 output device that used an old toy piano keyboard to
> play audio fragments.
>
> Anyway, I too am a CAD type of person, KiCAD being my first choice to
> create files.  Previously I used Eagle and Fusion360.  Here is an article
> that gives a rundown of free CAD software:
> https://www.electroschematics.com/pcb-design-software/, and another
> article: https://www.3dsourced.com/3d-software/best-pcb-design-software/
>
> In the picture you provided I saw a breadboard, not a perfboard (see
> picture).
> [image: image.png]
> Other prototyping products include veroboards (aka stripboards, see second
> picture).
> [image: image.png]
>
> Then there are prototyping boards that have the same layout as a
> breadboard (see 3rd & 4th pictures).
> [image: image.png][image: image.png]
>
> Here is links to a couple of articles on using prototyping boards:
> from MKTPCB (who makes circuit boards): https://www.mktpcb.com/perfboard/
> from DigiKey:
> https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/2022/start-building-cleaner-perfboard-projects-using-these-simple-tips
>
>
> --
> Scott G. Hall
> Raleigh, NC, USA
> scottghall1 at gmail.com
> *Although kindness is rarely a job, no matter what you do it's always an
> option.*
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Carl J. Nobile (Software Engineer/API Design)
carl.nobile at gmail.com
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