Electronics Production

Components

• button
• switch
• resistor
• capacitor
• crystal
• diodes
• transistors
• sensors
• actuators
• batteries
• micro-controllers and other Integrated Circuits (IC's)

Dead Bug

Example: Freeduino by Jiří Praus. "Instead of the traditional fiberglass [Praus] formed brass bars into the circuitry and held it together with solder."

Electronics Design

Schematics

A schematic is a diagramatic representation that prioritises the connections of components and the circuit.

PCB Design

Also, wiring diagrams.

Rendering, Testing

• Export Gerber Files
  • Export SVGs
• Export Render

Types of Production (TO EXPAND...)

• Acid Etching,
• Milling,
• Laser (Fiber) Engraving,
• ...

Mill locally with the Bantam PCB mill in the Fab Lab.

Or send to a production service, eg. JLCPCB.

Software

• KiCAD
• Fusion360
• EasyEDA (In-browser, integrates JLCPCB)

Suppliers

• DigiKey Ireland (Components)
• Radionics (Components)
• Farnell (Components)
• Mouser Ireland (Components)
• Farnell CPC (Components - moreconsumer-facing)
• SG Education (Microcontrollers, educational kits)