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4 x 6 cm Projects

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I have had a package of those 4x6 cm pcb boards with 0.1" spacing for a while and realized this evening that I was about to run out.  They are a good and useful size.  Wondering where they all went I rummaged around and found these and there are more scattered about in various enclosed projects.

 

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I am in the habit of soldering one up if it is on the breadboard and I think there is a fair chance I might use it again.  I like to do this even when I am going to have PCBs fabricated.  From top left and going clockwise they are a RFID BoosterPack reader, a Nokia 5110 BoosterPack, an INA125P BoosterPack paired with a strain gauge, a breadboard BoosterPack, a MSP430G2553 Prototyping Board, and a MSP430G2955 Prototyping Board.  The G2955 is a 38 pin TSSOP so it is on an adapter.   The latest one is the Nokia 5110 I put together this afternoon.

 

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I had the idea that SMD parts might be directly soldered to these boards.  Here is a 0805 resistor soldered onto a piece of scrap (crooked but OK) with a SOT-223-4 part next to it.  The SOT-223 isn't soldered, I just put it there to show it aligned fairly well.  I ordered an inexpensive selection of 0805 resistors and capacitors and will be using them instead of through hole components to see how they do.

 

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Meanwhile, I haven't given up having PCBs fabricated, but this is handy.  What I really need want is a CNC mill.


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