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| This class took place during 2023 IAP (Independent Activities Period) (4-week winter term). Through the class, we designed
and fabricated a PCB from scratch, including schematic capture, board layout, assembly, and debugging. The PCB was for a bluetooth speaker.
As we only had 4 weeks, the project was already designed for us. |
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Layout
After creating the schematics, we created layout in Altium Designer. This was my first layout ever, it's certainly not pretty.
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Fabrication
Because the class is on a tight schedule, we fabricated boards laid out by the course staff (much prettier than mine). We squeezed solder paste
through a template for the board, carefully placed components using tweezers, and used a reflow oven (and fixed connections with a microscope
and soldering iron).
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Case
The next step (which I've let sit on the backburner ever since), is make a case for it. Here's my design, I just need a lot of printing time.
The fire hydrant is inspired by former MIT President ['71-'80] Jerome Weisner's quote:``Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.''
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