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Red Hot PCB: Open Source Autonomous Vehicles, using ESP8266

Our floor just finished assembling these boards, which are part of an interface for open source self-driving cars.

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Red Hot PCB: Microcontroller Powered Electonic Neuron Simulators

This week's PCB is part of a biological neural network that are designed to understand the basics of the nervous system.

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Red Hot PCB: UWB Radio Carrier

This UWB radio carrier enables autonomous flight of a drone using 3D localization.

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Red Hot PCB: Retroactive’s “64 Drive” Development Tool

This week's Red Hot PCB comes from Retroactive and is a development tool for the Nintendo 64.

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7 Ways to Set Yourself Up for PCB Design Success

The 7 best ways we've found to cut your PCB design time, reduce spins, and make life a lot easier on yourself. Enjoy and happy designing.

Figure 7: Setup for programming the AVR over Tag-Connect.

Getting started with Tag-Connect on an AVR MCU

Test and program an AVR MCU example board using the TagConnect TC2030 cable, with real examples.

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Plated Slots: Stop Fitting Square Pegs in Round Holes

Plated slots are non-circular in shape and can accept pins with less open space to solder. Find out when you should use them over plated through-holes.

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