Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The two diagrams above are of the same circuit for a simple night light. How it works: when darkness falls on the ...

For example, based on the expected peak currents in a circuit, the default power or ground traces can be set to 25 mils. Setting the number of layers If the circuit is relatively simple and ...

It’s a good example of how solving one problem can create another. In this case, making the spacing between LEDs uniform by way of a PCB meant blocking out some of the LEDs in the finished product.

Inspired by printed circuit boards, the building block of all electronics, a Dutch designer has created an LED-based light installation that draws upon the familiar etching pattern inside most ...

A blank copper-clad PCB board that already has a UV sensitive coating applied are available for purchase and is what is used in this example. The transparency is placed over the PCB blank and then ...