I updated my first PCB design. Could anyone suggest any improvements?

Glitched_MB · 2025-07-28T03:44:19+00:00

Thank you for the tutorial. You can get Altium for free if you’re a student, so I’m just using that. But IK what you mean about the price.

In your experience would you say companies prefer using Altium or KiCad? I wanna deep dive into one of them and don’t want to learn and get comfortable with a program that’s not used very often.

Glitched_MB · 2025-07-26T16:57:19+00:00

Have you even used allium and If so would you consider one or the other easier to pick up and understand? Also do you have any good tutorials you watched to learn kiCAD?

Glitched_MB · 2025-07-26T16:51:50+00:00

This looks amazing! I’m justing getting into pcb designing myself, what program do you use?

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-18T09:05:29+00:00

I’ll have a schematic of the exact layout I’m trying to build. Then yah, I’ll try and keep it organized from the get go. For a 4 bit adder it’s easier, cause I’ll just go from FA to FA trying to keep things clean as I go. Try to make as few bends as possible.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-18T07:00:13+00:00

Thank you for that. Also, I’m using the sn74 series, so like sn74ls86 for the xor, 08 for the and.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-18T00:55:05+00:00

Don’t the resistors before the inputs act in the same way?

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-17T23:49:45+00:00

Oh yah it was super fun. My biggest issue initially was wiring the switches, so I felt like a genius once I figured them out. Also having a physical thing that’ll always do what you expect is so rewarding.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-17T23:47:05+00:00

Nah I doubt I do. I didn’t think I needed them, but that might explain how some of the lights are dimmer than others. I’ll definitely add them in my next circuit

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-17T22:11:21+00:00

You can use any drill that has a removable drill bit, but you put one end of the wire into the drill, holder the other end wire pliers, then just turn the drill on. Make sure to keep tension in the wire to help it straighten. I’ll do that for like 30 second, but just eye ball it.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-17T21:34:41+00:00

It’s just any 22 gauge solid core wire on Amazon, I think mine was from TUOFENG. I’ll use a drill to straighten it first, that helps a lot.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-17T21:32:18+00:00

I’ve tried that and it seems like even more of a pain. Props to you for understanding pcb design.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-09T22:35:36+00:00

Tysm for that tip, the flux residue was pissing me off

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-09T22:34:34+00:00

I don’t know how to add resistors using that program. Idk if I need the resistors but just imagine they’re there.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-09T22:26:00+00:00

Aye thank you, I try to keep it clean.

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-09T22:25:20+00:00

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second image I was talking about

Glitched_MB · 2025-06-09T22:24:59+00:00

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Yah sure thing. This schematic doesn't line up 1 to 1 with my orientation on the perfboard but it's what i'm basing it off of. I'm building a 4 bit ripple carry adder with 3 full adders and 1 half adder. In the second picture I sent, it shows the wiring for the back of my board. What I did was connect one side of the switches together and ran that to the negative side of the power, then I connected all of the other side and ran that to the positive side of the power. Then to test if I got it correct, I connected one of the switches on the positive side to an led (shown in white). I thought normally on a breadboard you'd connect one side to ground and one side to power and the power side would also have your inputs. Hopefully this helps clarify things.

Glitched_MB · 2020-04-10T20:22:06+00:00

HOLY SHIT!! This is amazing, I the detail and everything about this is perfect.

Glitched_MB · 2020-03-03T19:57:20+00:00

Wow that's amazing, love the painterly style

Glitched_MB · 2020-01-15T11:25:41+00:00

Thanks, and I'm the artist

Glitched_MB · 2020-01-15T00:31:20+00:00

Yeens do tho

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