Week 05
Electronics Design
Milling Copper
I use to play with fairly expensive boards ($10K per board), so it was neat being able to work with a board that I wasn't afraid to mess up. Obviously wasting time was not on my agenda, but I did want to see and learn all that I could.
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![](images/3PreppedMill.jpg)
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Solder Adventures
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