Can anyone do a PCB for me?

Spacerat

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Need small PCB with MAX232 and some connectors. With SMD assembly.
Anyone in CPT Northern Subs?
 

SBSP

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I googled and found some places that will make you a PCB. Are you planning on visiting the place ? Most of them take online orders ?

If you don't mind me asking. What do you need it for ? and is it not something you can just buy.

I.E I normally use this.
FT232 USB UART Board
https://www.robotics.org.za/ft232-u...itch-micro-usb-connector-w11324?search=Serial it will set you back a whole R98.00 And if you want lots you will get them for probably half the price on ali express. hard to beat when building it your self.

If its just a once of use to program something you can imprevise using a spare Arduino UNO board if you have one., you can just take out the chip , and then you have a serial on pins 1 and 0
 

CamiKaze

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Sorry for hijack but where can I solder a Sata and power connector back onto the SATA drive's PCB in Cape Town?
 

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Not too far. Will send a pic in PM when I get home.

Oh, thought it was near to Kraaifontein, I see it is near to Table View.
I live in Wellington.
 

Spacerat

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I googled and found some places that will make you a PCB. Are you planning on visiting the place ? Most of them take online orders ?

If you don't mind me asking. What do you need it for ? and is it not something you can just buy.

I.E I normally use this.
FT232 USB UART Board
https://www.robotics.org.za/ft232-u...itch-micro-usb-connector-w11324?search=Serial it will set you back a whole R98.00 And if you want lots you will get them for probably half the price on ali express. hard to beat when building it your self.

If its just a once of use to program something you can imprevise using a spare Arduino UNO board if you have one., you can just take out the chip , and then you have a serial on pins 1 and 0

Its actually to take a NodeMCU board and add a few LEDs and serial port DB9 connector.
 

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If you are going to let someone do the design work, It might cost you. Have you already built a prototype ?
Creating one wont cost you much.

Simply draw the circuit on a piece of copper clad using a kokie and drop it into some enchant. (ferric chloride *spelling*)
If you cant find feric chloride , mix some Hydrogen peroxide with pool acid. (Google to get the correct ratio)
 
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Spacerat

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If you are going to let someone do the design work, It might cost you. Have you already built a prototype ?
Creating one wont cost you much.

Simply draw the circuit on a piece of copper clad using a kokie and drop it into some enchant. (ferric chloride *spelling*)
If you cant find feric chloride , mix some Hydrogen peroxide with pool acid. (Google to get the correct ratio)

I used to do my own PCBs many moons ago, but dont have time now.Focusing at solutions level instead. The end product is a commercil product so has to be properly done. Prototype is breadboarded
 
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