F-14 Tomcat hair clip: how I made this PCB accessory?
The Developer Guy
I took part in Ko-fi's 2023 Secret Santa project and this is how I made my gift. A developer in a room full of crafty people? It can be a little awkward, but we can find something common!
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Want to learn a bit more about using multiple capacitors? Check out EEVblog's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJ6UdDx1vg
00:00 Introduction 00:46 Finding the theme 01:04 Tracing the plane 01:30 Importing images 01:42 Drawing the PCB outline 01:58 Silkscreen adjustment 02:24 Power problems 02:49 Voltage regulator 03:16 Calculating operating time 04:12 CR2032 - the starting point 04:58 Overcoming the battery limitation 05:35 Capacitors to the rescue 06:19 Selecting capacitor values 06:48 Not using 555? 07:50 Attiny24! 08:16 No LDO 09:00 Assembling, programming, sponsoring! 10:01 Not a hair clip - yet 10:28 I also got some stuff! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5Mnb2_qXE
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