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1.5M ratings 277k ratings See, that’s what the app is perfect for. Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna Beautiful Pixel A log of random code experiments and semi-useless thoughts from some software developer named Alex Wayne. Posts Likes Archive LED Pendant - PCB iteration I’ve been working on an electronics project. A small 7-LED pendant that can be recharged over USB.

Making something a piece of electronics to be worn as jewelry means that it needs to be small. And to get small electronics, you need to make your own printed circuit board. What follows is three attempts at making my own circuit boards, and the lessons learned along the way.

I jumped right Eagle CADSoft, very excited to get a PCB ordered since the turnaround can be as long as two weeks. My enthusiasm was not rewarded. What you see above is most of the required components thrown onto the board wherever they fit. Then I pressed the autoroute button, which creates the traces to connect everything together. The result is a bit of a mess.