Electronic Production

This was my first time to work on an electronic project of any how. I asked help to my colleagues whom have experience in electronic.

This assignement was about to make a programmer we were going to use in the future assignments related to electronic and our final project.

First I downloaded files to use making the programmer from Zaerc.

Img: programmer trace file

Img: programmer trace file

Img: programmer edge file

Img: programmer edge file

After I used Fabmodules to convert the images I downloaded in rml which I can use on the milling machine.

Img: fabmodules trace

Img: fabmodules trace

Img: fabmodules edge

Img: fabmodules edge

After getting the rml files, I started working with the roland monoFab for milling the PCB.
I asked colleagues to help me with this machine because it was my first time to use it.

I first placed the PCB board I was going to work with on the bed of the machine.

Img: Placed PCB

Img: Placed PCB

I continued to configure the VPanel software to use with the Roland monoFab machine.

Img; Configure VPanel

Img; Configure VPanel

Then I loaded my files and started the machine to milli the PCB.

Img: printed PCB

Img: printed PCB

Now I had a well printed board I was left with soldering the components on it.
At first I asked Ziadi my colleague to teach how to solder before I start soldering my board. After some practice I soldered my board.

Img: Soldered board

Img: Soldered board

I tested my board after soldering it with a multimeter to see if there was no short circuit, and I found everything was fine. I continued with uploading the firmware in the board so it can be used as a programmer.
I asked my colleague Fred who has a linux computer to help upload the firmware.

Img: Uploading firmaware

Img: Uploading firmaware

Files used can be downlaoded Here.