PCBs

LED fish = art circuitry

LED fish = art circuitry

From the MAKE Flickr pool Feurig etched a well-planned fish-shaped circuit to hosts a slew of pink LEDs as scales. Great work – though it would be nice to see all those lovely copper traces exposed in the final product. A lot of work goes into designing circuitry and etching your own provides an excellent […]

Ken Stone’s modular synth site

Ken Stone’s modular synth site

Reader Kevin wrote in to point out an excellent resource for DIY synth makers – Ken Stone’s Modular Synthesizer site offers an excellent selection of schematics for all manner of synth building, and sells PCBs for most of the circuits listed – some very cool unusual stuff too like the V8 simulator and Stompbox adapter […]

Eyeclops ‘printed’ circuit board

Eyeclops ‘printed’ circuit board

Opening up an Eyeclops video magnifier reveals an unusual detail. Apparently the designers thought the included SMD circuit was so unimpressive that an enlarged, printed version was necessary – or maybe they were just really excited about magnification in general? Either way, mounting a standoff directly onto a crystal oscillator is generally not advisable. [via] […]