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bschwindHNtoday at 3:48 AM1 replyview on HN

Wow, very very similar to my first PCB, a breakout board for the TSL4531. I ordered it from OshPark back in 2016. Used the exact same soldering iron, and a Quick hot air station, though it's the less fancy one than you have.

https://github.com/bschwind/tsl4531-module

https://imgur.com/ozk7UuS

(sorry for imgur, not sure what people use for image hosts these days)

I then went on to also make a BME280 breakout:

https://github.com/bschwind/bme280-module

From there on I've made various PCBs, and thankfully they've pretty much all worked on the first try. I do take a lot of extra time to verify the design and double check all the datasheets.


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tadasvtoday at 3:57 AM

It's so funny that you had a similar idea. Are you an electrical engineer or swe? What are you building these days?

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