How I make my PCBs: Toner transfer and PCB etching technique

      I know there's a ton of blogs and articles on the matter of DIY PCB making, and for every hundred articles, there's a hundred different ways to do it.  So here, I'll just present you the way I do my PCBs. It's pretty simple and cost effective, not to mention I get good results...most of the time. Things needed: A4 Laminator (I use a Peach PL718) Glossy A4 paper (150 gramms) Ferric chloride A large glass bowl  An...

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Updates and Things to come

Just thought I should give some updates on my current projects that I' working on right now.      Currently I've bought an Arduino Mega for my Voltcraft DPS 4005 PSU repair and managed to wire everything up. I can now control the LCD as I wish, but currently struggling with getting the DAC to work. No matter how I drive the pins of the AD7541, I always get  8.9 Volts on  the output of the PSU. I thing there's something wrong with the pull-up resistors on  the DAC pins. So next step is to remove those and...

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