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10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #Microcontrollers #MusicalHacks #customPCB #CH32V003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #Microcontrollers #MusicalHacks #customPCB #CH32V003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #Microcontrollers #MusicalHacks #customPCB #CH32V003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #Microcontrollers #MusicalHacks #customPCB #CH32V003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music - Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontroll... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #microcontrollers #musicalhacks #custompcb #ch32v003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music - Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontroll... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #microcontrollers #musicalhacks #custompcb #ch32v003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music - Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontroll... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #microcontrollers #musicalhacks #custompcb #ch32v003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music - Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontroll... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #microcontrollers #musicalhacks #custompcb #ch32v003 #chiptune

10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music - Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontroll... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/23/10-cent-microcontroller-makes-music/ #microcontrollers #musicalhacks #custompcb #ch32v003 #chiptune

More custom PCBs for the pager system arrived! These header PCB for Pi are for our additional new transmitters so we'll be able to cover all of #39c3.

Designed by one of our engineers.

#DIYPager #transmitter #PCB #CustomPCB #PrintedCircuitBoard #ChaosPager #POCSAG

About that BusBoard Prototype Systems SB4 board -- they're expensive. They're more than $6 each (Canadian) plus shipping from DigiKey. They're $10 each plus shipping from Mouser.

That's a lot for a hobbyist when you're experimenting, especially if you're making mistakes.

I looked around again recently, and couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price point.

So what does one do in this situation? Well, if you go Overkill 9000, you design your own prototyping perfboard and have a bunch manufactured for you! When you design your own, you can give it any features you like. So this one has:

18 x 36 (648 holes total)

It's two 18 x 18 sections, though I didn't have them scored for snapping.

A total of 6 horizontal busses in groups of 2, at the top and bottom plus one in the middle.

3 sets of 2 vertical busses within that space between horizontal bus sets, similarly edge - center - edge.

Then each row has a 6-hole pad on each side of the center 2 busses, which are spaced for IC or other standard 0.4" component layout.

Made of proper FR4 fiberglass. Good copper, good soldermask.

Silkscreened row and column IDs on both the front and back, at both the start and end of each row/column (and they match up with the back...).

And silkscreened boxes on the front showing the pad/buss pattern - no more flipping!

They arrived today and ... they're beautiful.

2/x

#PCB #CustomPCB #silkscreen #overkill #Overkill9000 #buss #busses #pads #components #IC #DIP

About that BusBoard Prototype Systems SB4 board -- they're expensive. They're more than $6 each (Canadian) plus shipping from DigiKey. They're $10 each plus shipping from Mouser.

That's a lot for a hobbyist when you're experimenting, especially if you're making mistakes.

I looked around again recently, and couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price point.

So what does one do in this situation? Well, if you go Overkill 9000, you design your own prototyping perfboard and have a bunch manufactured for you! When you design your own, you can give it any features you like. So this one has:

18 x 36 (648 holes total)

It's two 18 x 18 sections, though I didn't have them scored for snapping.

A total of 6 horizontal busses in groups of 2, at the top and bottom plus one in the middle.

3 sets of 2 vertical busses within that space between horizontal bus sets, similarly edge - center - edge.

Then each row has a 6-hole pad on each side of the center 2 busses, which are spaced for IC or other standard 0.4" component layout.

Made of proper FR4 fiberglass. Good copper, good soldermask.

Silkscreened row and column IDs on both the front and back, at both the start and end of each row/column (and they match up with the back...).

And silkscreened boxes on the front showing the pad/buss pattern - no more flipping!

They arrived today and ... they're beautiful.

2/x

#PCB #CustomPCB #silkscreen #overkill #Overkill9000 #buss #busses #pads #components #IC #DIP

About that BusBoard Prototype Systems SB4 board -- they're expensive. They're more than $6 each (Canadian) plus shipping from DigiKey. They're $10 each plus shipping from Mouser.

That's a lot for a hobbyist when you're experimenting, especially if you're making mistakes.

I looked around again recently, and couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price point.

So what does one do in this situation? Well, if you go Overkill 9000, you design your own prototyping perfboard and have a bunch manufactured for you! When you design your own, you can give it any features you like. So this one has:

18 x 36 (648 holes total)

It's two 18 x 18 sections, though I didn't have them scored for snapping.

A total of 6 horizontal busses in groups of 2, at the top and bottom plus one in the middle.

3 sets of 2 vertical busses within that space between horizontal bus sets, similarly edge - center - edge.

Then each row has a 6-hole pad on each side of the center 2 busses, which are spaced for IC or other standard 0.4" component layout.

Made of proper FR4 fiberglass. Good copper, good soldermask.

Silkscreened row and column IDs on both the front and back, at both the start and end of each row/column (and they match up with the back...).

And silkscreened boxes on the front showing the pad/buss pattern - no more flipping!

They arrived today and ... they're beautiful.

2/x

#PCB #CustomPCB #silkscreen #overkill #Overkill9000 #buss #busses #pads #components #IC #DIP

About that BusBoard Prototype Systems SB4 board -- they're expensive. They're more than $6 each (Canadian) plus shipping from DigiKey. They're $10 each plus shipping from Mouser.

That's a lot for a hobbyist when you're experimenting, especially if you're making mistakes.

I looked around again recently, and couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price point.

So what does one do in this situation? Well, if you go Overkill 9000, you design your own prototyping perfboard and have a bunch manufactured for you! When you design your own, you can give it any features you like. So this one has:

18 x 36 (648 holes total)

It's two 18 x 18 sections, though I didn't have them scored for snapping.

A total of 6 horizontal busses in groups of 2, at the top and bottom plus one in the middle.

3 sets of 2 vertical busses within that space between horizontal bus sets, similarly edge - center - edge.

Then each row has a 6-hole pad on each side of the center 2 busses, which are spaced for IC or other standard 0.4" component layout.

Made of proper FR4 fiberglass. Good copper, good soldermask.

Silkscreened row and column IDs on both the front and back, at both the start and end of each row/column (and they match up with the back...).

And silkscreened boxes on the front showing the pad/buss pattern - no more flipping!

They arrived today and ... they're beautiful.

2/x

#PCB #CustomPCB #silkscreen #overkill #Overkill9000 #buss #busses #pads #components #IC #DIP

About that BusBoard Prototype Systems SB4 board -- they're expensive. They're more than $6 each (Canadian) plus shipping from DigiKey. They're $10 each plus shipping from Mouser.

That's a lot for a hobbyist when you're experimenting, especially if you're making mistakes.

I looked around again recently, and couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price point.

So what does one do in this situation? Well, if you go Overkill 9000, you design your own prototyping perfboard and have a bunch manufactured for you! When you design your own, you can give it any features you like. So this one has:

18 x 36 (648 holes total)

It's two 18 x 18 sections, though I didn't have them scored for snapping.

A total of 6 horizontal busses in groups of 2, at the top and bottom plus one in the middle.

3 sets of 2 vertical busses within that space between horizontal bus sets, similarly edge - center - edge.

Then each row has a 6-hole pad on each side of the center 2 busses, which are spaced for IC or other standard 0.4" component layout.

Made of proper FR4 fiberglass. Good copper, good soldermask.

Silkscreened row and column IDs on both the front and back, at both the start and end of each row/column (and they match up with the back...).

And silkscreened boxes on the front showing the pad/buss pattern - no more flipping!

They arrived today and ... they're beautiful.

2/x

#PCB #CustomPCB #silkscreen #overkill #Overkill9000 #buss #busses #pads #components #IC #DIP

Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard Lives Again with RP2040 - Hackaday readers are likely the kind of folks that have a favorite keyboard, so yo... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/09/microsoft-sculpt-keyboard-lives-again-with-rp2040/ #drop-inreplacement #microcontrollers #peripheralshacks #custompcb #rp2040 #qmk

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #LEDchristmastree #HolidayHacks #atmega328p #customPCB #PCBHacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #LEDchristmastree #HolidayHacks #atmega328p #customPCB #PCBHacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking - ‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better to give than a newfound love for ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #ledchristmastree #holidayhacks #atmega328p #custompcb #pcbhacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking - ‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better to give than a newfound love for ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #ledchristmastree #holidayhacks #atmega328p #custompcb #pcbhacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking - ‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better to give than a newfound love for ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #ledchristmastree #holidayhacks #atmega328p #custompcb #pcbhacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking - ‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better to give than a newfound love for ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #ledchristmastree #holidayhacks #atmega328p #custompcb #pcbhacks #arduino

Festive PCB Gives the Gift of Hacking - ‘Tis the season for gift giving, and what better to give than a newfound love for ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/08/festive-pcb-gives-the-gift-of-hacking/ #ledchristmastree #holidayhacks #atmega328p #custompcb #pcbhacks #arduino

Added some capacitors and resistors to make sure eveything is stable. The PCB is not as tidy any more, but it's satisfying to do things right.

#electronics #pcb #pcbdesign #custompcb #attiny #hobby #hobbyproject #tinkering

Added some capacitors and resistors to make sure eveything is stable. The PCB is not as tidy any more, but it's satisfying to do things right.

#electronics #pcb #pcbdesign #custompcb #attiny #hobby #hobbyproject #tinkering

Added some capacitors and resistors to make sure eveything is stable. The PCB is not as tidy any more, but it's satisfying to do things right.

#electronics #pcb #pcbdesign #custompcb #attiny #hobby #hobbyproject #tinkering

Added some capacitors and resistors to make sure eveything is stable. The PCB is not as tidy any more, but it's satisfying to do things right.

#electronics #pcb #pcbdesign #custompcb #attiny #hobby #hobbyproject #tinkering

Drew up this little PCB for a potential ATtiny high voltage programmer. Pretty neat if I may say so myself 🙂

#electronics #pcb #pcbdesign #custompcb #attiny #attiny85

Hackaday Prize 2023: Ubo project: building for builders - The Ubo Pod by [Mehrdad Majzoobi] is a very highly polished extension pack and enc... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/24/hackaday-prize-2023-ubo-project-building-for-builders/ #thehackadayprize #hackadaycolumns #amazonechodot #resinprinting #raspberrypi #googlehome #woodveneer #custompcb #led

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs - We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always prett... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ #artisticpcb #custompcb #pcbdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #parts #art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs - We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always prett... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ #artisticpcb #custompcb #pcbdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #parts #art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs - We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always prett... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ #artisticpcb #custompcb #pcbdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #parts #art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs - We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always prett... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ #artisticpcb #custompcb #pcbdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #parts #art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs - We’ve seen our share of custom PCBs here on Hackaday, but they aren’t always prett... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/ #artisticpcb #custompcb #pcbdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #parts #art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs

https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/

#artisticpcb #customPCB #PCBdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #Parts #Art #pcb

Designing Aesthetically-Pleasing PCBs

https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/designing-aesthetically-pleasing-pcbs/

#artisticpcb #customPCB #PCBdesign #hardware #guides #pcbart #Parts #Art #pcb

Swap the Clock Chip on the Mac SE/30 with an ATTiny85 - As [Phil Greenland] explains in the first part of his excellent write-up, the lith... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/swap-the-clock-chip-on-the-mac-se-30-with-an-attiny85/ #retrocomputing #macintoshse/30 #attinyhacks #custompcb #machacks #attiny85 #drop-in #rtc

Hackaday Prize 2022: Repairing a Vintage Laptop With Modern Components - Laptop computers may be ubiquitous today, but there was a time when they were the ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/27/hackaday-prize-2022-repairing-a-vintage-laptop-with-modern-components/ #2022hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #retrocomputing #laptoprepair #repairhacks #powersupply #tftdisplay #custompcb #toshiba

Receive Virtual Postcards on This Beautiful E-Ink Photo Frame - Sending postcards to loved ones used to be standard procedure for travelers back w... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/22/receive-virtual-postcards-on-this-beautiful-e-ink-photo-frame/ #microcontrollers #homehacks #custompcb #e-paper #e-ink #esp32 #usbc

Liberating the ESP8266 from its Development Board - While the ESP32 is clearly a superior piece of hardware, we think you’ll agree tha... - https://hackaday.com/2021/11/03/liberating-the-esp8266-from-its-development-board/ #microcontrollers #circuitdesign #custompcb #esp-12f #esp8266 #parts

Binary Clock Lets the Nixies Glow - We’re not here to talk about another clock. Okay, we are, but the focus isn’t abou... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/28/binary-clock-lets-the-nixies-glow/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #nixietubeclock #nixiedriver #clockhacks #nixietubes #custompcb #nixietube #timepiece #clock #nixie

Hacked IKEA Air Quality Sensor Gets Custom PCB - Last month we brought word of the IKEA VINDRIKTNING, a $12 USD air quality sensor ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/13/hacked-ikea-air-quality-sensor-gets-custom-pcb/ #microcontrollers #airquality #custompcb #hardware #retrofit #esp-12f #esp8266 #sensor #ikea

Custom Camera Flash Is Built for Stealth - As [Joshua Bird] began his foray into the world of film photography, he was taken ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/09/custom-camera-flash-is-built-for-stealth/ #disposablecameraflash #disposablecamera #filmphotography #classichacks #cameraflash #photography #camerahack #custompcb

The Word Clock You Can Feel - By this point, pretty much everyone has come across a word clock project, if not built one themselve... - https://hackaday.com/2021/03/30/the-word-clock-you-can-feel/ #electromagneticdisplay #electromagnet #clockhacks #custompcb #wordclock #haptic #magnet #clock

30-Year-Old Macintosh SE/30 Gets a Brand New Logic Board - Some time ago, [Bolle] got the idea to redraw the Macintosh SE/30 schematics in Eagle. Progress was ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/03/24/30-year-old-macintosh-se-30-gets-a-brand-new-logic-board/ #macintoshse/30 #macintoshse #custompcb #macintosh #pcbdesign #machacks #eaglecad #eaglepcb #eaglecad #eaglepcb #diypcb #eagle #pcb

Tether Tames Temperamental Typing - [chadaustin] has a favorite keyboard with a great ergonomic shape, key travel distance, and size, bu... - https://hackaday.com/2021/03/18/tether-tames-temperamental-typing/ #ergonomickeyboard #wirelesskeyboard #computerhacks #repairhacks #at90usb1286 #usbkeyboard #custompcb #microsoft #proton #kicad #qmk

A Breadboard Block for 8-Bit CPU’s - Breadboard CPU’s are a fantastic learning experience and require serious dedication and patience. ... - https://hackaday.com/2020/10/12/a-breadboard-block-for-8-bit-cpus/ #homebrewcpu #breadboard #custompcb #hardware #8bit #cpu

Transform Kicad Design To Patchwork For Isolation Routing - Tuning a desktop router and your board designs for isolation routing can be a bit tricky, with thin ... - https://hackaday.com/2020/07/31/transform-kicad-design-to-patchwork-for-isolation-routing/ #softwarehacks #techhacks #custompcb #engraving #etching #milling #voronoi #kicad #cnc

A Commmand Center for Children with Sensory Needs - Toys for children are meant to be fun and interactive, but they’re even better if they’re educationa... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/25/a-commmand-center-for-children-with-sensory-needs/ #microcontrollers #educationaltoy #custompcb #toyhacks #sensory