Build your own circuits
For the real (starting) electronics engineer, hobbyist and professional it is a challenge to build an electronic circuit working on a pcb board assembly, so we will discuss here how you can do that.
Building a working circuit on a PCB yourself consists of 3 steps:
- Choice of electronic circuit
- What kind of printed circuit board do you use (experimental print, print etching or have print made)
- Provide the printed circuit board with components and tests
Manufacture of a printed circuit board
By manufacturing the printed circuit board we mean transferring the electrical schematic to an epoxide printed circuit board. After the printed circuit board has been manufactured, the components can be placed on the printed circuit board and soldered. After we have chosen an electronic circuit, we will have to determine which method we want to use to actually build our circuit on a print, there are several options for this:
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- On experimental print (also called "hole print") or breadboard
- Etch a print yourself (“printed print”)
- Have a print made by a company (“printed print”)
Building on an experimental print works quickly and cheaply, it doesn't look professional but works just as well, and is perfect for testing a circuit before making a printed version of it. Making a printed print yourself takes a little more work, is slightly more expensive, but gives a lot of satisfaction from your work. Before we start making a print, we need a print layout, which determines where and how the components are placed and how the connections (print tracks) run. There are also companies that turn your print layout into a professional printed print, if you need several of the same prints, this can even be cheaper than manufacturing it yourself.
