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Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by blargg
The craftsmanship of this four port USB hub jumped out at me. I can't imagine how reliable this will be..

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Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:04 pm
by qbradq
Blargg, I look like your avatar right now. My mouth hasn't closed since I started reading this thread :) Thanks for the lolz.

Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:25 pm
by tokumaru
So now we can carve our own circuit boards? That's really cool!

Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:30 pm
by qbradq
At least it's got a beefy ground plain? :)

Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:50 pm
by tepples
A ground plane is only as beefy as its tightest bottleneck. Make a trace thin enough and it'll become a resistor.

Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:02 am
by Hojo_Norem
What impressed me was the board was etched in salt water using electrolysis :shock:

And I always thought PCB etching always had to use nasty chemicals of some sort.

Re: Example of fine craftsmanship /s

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:57 pm
by TmEE
Wow, I'll have to try the electrolysis method !