Objective: This post presents the assembly of Surface Mount Components (SMT) on a 4-layer board using a cheap toaster oven. It aims to show that the toaster is sufficient to achieve remarkable results for DIY PCB boards. Recommended Prerequisite articles to read i) Electronics Work Station: Essential Tools Introduction Some time back, I decided to …
Objective: Bringing up a custom STM32 board. This presents the power and programming interfaces required to successfully program a custom board. Recommended prerequisite articles to read: None In this post we test the custom STM32-based Board that was designed and presented in this post. The board is based on the 32 pin STM32F042K6 microcontroller. Power …
Objective: To present a starter pack for an Electronics work station Recommended prerequisite articles to read: None Background A couple of years back, I was working as a research assistant at a university in Kenya for a renewable energy project. The project was aimed at providing a smart monitoring, billing and control for remote microgrid …