Matt's Engineering Blog

I started this week off by finally soldering my entire pcb, it took most of class since there are a lot of parts, so I only got to test it at the very end of class on tuesday, but it didnt seem to work, so I needed to test it with a multimeter, I suspected the hall effect sensor was not working, so I decided that I would replace it. The next day, I worked on soldering on a new sensor, and this time I added heatshrinks, since the wires are pretty close together, and since they

This week, I primarily focused on soldering and crimping in preparation for soldering my entire PCB, and I made significant progress....

This week, I was primarily working on my new PCB and gathering all the necessary parts from my old one. The PCB from JLCPCB finally came...

This week, I was finally able to use the 3d printer, and so I could print my box again. This time, the holes lined up perfectly, so I had...

This week, I started by finishing my design of my box. I made sure to take correct measurements and used the drawing of my PCB on Fusion...

This week, I decided to have my PCB made on JLCPCB instead of using our PCB milling machines in the shop. This seems like it will work a...

This was the first week back in the shop, so I spent a lot of time getting back into things and remembering where I left off, but I still...

This week I was working on my PCB and I got a lot done. I had finished the schematic last week so this week the only thing I had to do in...