A nerdy request

Hi Tefal,

I did see it thanks :-)

Firstly an update on the contest, i didn't even make it to the finals, lol. And i dont think the the ones that did should have, i mean one of them is just pictures of a pre-made LED board being made!!!! and another is component man with an LED head which needs a separate power source!!!!, but anyway.

OK as for cost well, i already had a few of the expensive parts like the flight case for example they are £30 from a diy shop but i didn't pay that when i bought them years ago.

I've broken it down to show what it cost;

LED's UV x100 = £11.50
Arduino parts = £9.36
LCD = £5.39
MOSFET / Switches / Buzzer = £4.10
PSU x2 = £13.40
Stripboard / Copper board = £2.75
Flight case = £29.98

Total = £78.48 (That's includes the P&P from all the suppliers)

But as i said i had some parts already and of course you would need to be able to program the Arduino clone (I have an Arduino to do this)

But even after that still cheaper than a pre-made UV box
 
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How long have you been using arduino? I am considering to get involved with it as my nerd senses are tingling at what could be done with one of these.
I do have a bit of electronics knowledge and some programming knowledge but I am not sure where to get started.
 
bulb66 said:
Hi Tefal,

I did see it thanks :-)

Firstly an update on the contest, i didn't even make it to the finals, lol. And i dont think the the ones that did should have, i mean one of them is just pictures of a pre-made LED board being made!!!! and another is component man with an LED head which needs a separate power source!!!!, but anyway.

OK as for cost well, i already had a few of the expensive parts like the flight case for example they are £30 from a diy shop but i didn't pay that when i bought them years ago.

I've broken it down to show what it cost;

LED's UV x100 = £11.50
Arduino parts = £9.36
LCD = £5.39
MOSFET / Switches / Buzzer = £4.10
PSU x2 = £13.40
Stripboard / Copper board = £2.75
Flight case = £29.98

Total = £78.48 (That's includes the P&P from all the suppliers)

But as i said i had some parts already and of course you would need to be able to program the Arduino clone (I have an Arduino to do this)

But even after that still cheaper than a pre-made UV box
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cool, You got any good link to how you use it/ any thing on uv etching?


I'm hoping to get into this a lot more now, and i'm thinking of either making one of these or doing the hcl +peroxide route for reusable etching fluid and making a heated bubble tank :p
 
Wow, so many cool little projects, I remember trying to make PCB's with injket photo paper, a laser printer an an iron and while it worked, I think the UV led method is the way forward. :)
 
chaosdestro0 said:
How long have you been using arduino? I am considering to get involved with it as my nerd senses are tingling at what could be done with one of these.
I do have a bit of electronics knowledge and some programming knowledge but I am not sure where to get started.
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Hi,

sorry i missed your question.

To be honest i haven't been using it for very long at all, (well i've had one for a while and messed around but never built anything until this and my word clock.)

This is the Arduino part on Instructables and has some cool project.

Here

And this is the Robot part

Here

Where you will find projects like this Arduino-Robot

Hope that helps

J
 
Tefal said:
cool, You got any good link to how you use it/ any thing on uv etching?


I'm hoping to get into this a lot more now, and i'm thinking of either making one of these or doing the hcl +peroxide route for reusable etching fluid and making a heated bubble tank :p
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Hi Tefal,

This is the first part of 3 video's on Youtube i watched and decided to make the UV box so this should be good for you, I should say that this is only the first step in making a PCB you still need to etch it so and the heated bubble tank is something you can make to go alone side this. + I just buy normal etch fluid and reuse mine anyway.


As i say i'm a hobby Adruino/PCB user so don't have all the answer's but i'll help if i can.

J
 
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