Making PCBs at home is a great means to get your prototype up and running without having to wait weeks for a professionally made board. Regardless if these prototype boards are milled or etched, they ...

Here’s something for the inner romantics and DIY circuit board assemblers in all of us. Yes, I’m talking to you, my friend; soldering iron in one hand, PCB board in the other, pining to tell your ...

In this three part video series we watch [Dirk Herrendoerfer] go from scraps to a nice 3D printed assembly as he iterates through the design of a pen plotter for making circuit boards. [dana] ...

The advent of microcontroller modules like the Arduino opened up ability to build and program interactive objects to a whole generation of makers. Today these modules make it simple to control ...

The Arduino is a great way for hobbyists and pros alike to experiment with programmable objects, but it can be confusing for ...

If you've built your fair share of custom PCs over the years, you've probably got more than a few circuit boards stashed away. Here's how to turn them into a cool coffee table. It's certainly not ...

There are a growing number of bargain-basement components for hobbyists who are using them in ever more creative ways. We wrote recently, for instance, about a home brewer who has created an ...