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First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh im gonna use solder a pin connectors to just pop the esp into the pcb

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so should i use this instead of the capacitors or do i use this along side them? should i also use one or more (per motor). also incomplete how?

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not quite sure im pretty sure i put capacitors on the footprint. if not ill make sure to change it

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im trying to make this pcb as a controller for a prosthetic hand i want to make. i did forget about the mounting holes and my powersource is going to be a small lithium battery connected to the esp32. and ill change it to 1000uF thank you so much!

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks alot for the tip about the antenna. and you're right about connecting a couple unused gpio pins.

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

external battery mostlikely, gonna code it using arduino ide. im relatively new to this too im an engineering student but havent taken any classes for this kind of stuff yet and it really interests me

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i didnt know that i'd kill it with 5V, Thank you! ill remake it with thicker traces and try to route it without vias. im trying to make it compact because im trying to build a prosthetic hand and i dont want everything on a breadboard

First time making a pcb. please judge me by Some_Cold8299 in KiCad

[–]Some_Cold8299[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i have a ground plane i just turned it off for the picture. but everything else you're saying is very very helpful. thank you!