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How To Make Printed Circuit Boards PCBs at Home Easily | Toner Transfer Method

When you work with electronics PCBs are very important.They are essential for circuits.PCBs have so many benefits than strip boards and dot boards and they last longer.Before going any further if you need to design your PCB from circuit schematic read our article on PCB Designing With Eagle CAD to design your PCB like a pro. In this article I'm going to teach you how to make PCBs using toner transfer method.This is very easy if you have all the materials at home.If you have a laser printer at home its going to be more easier.But before printing the PCB you need to edit the .ps file you printed using EAGLE CAD CAM processor to make more copies and get the most from your papers.To do so you need a photo editing software like Photoshop and GIMP.Let's get to work. Editing .PDF files for toner transfer print out ps2pdf.com and convert your files to .pdf first.You can also use any other online or offline converter.But DO NOT change any DPI values or page sizes. #2.Open Ado...

How To Make A Very Bright LED Flasher For Your Webcam

How To Make A Very Bright LED Flasher For Your Webcam Unlike the handy cams or DSLRs the webcams need more light for clear images.As you use it for mostly video conferencing they have designed it optimized for video recording.It may have been a trouble for you to turn your room's light off while on the bed with your laptop after a conference in the night.Latest laptops have a small LED flasher built in,but trust me it is not even enough to light up your nose.In this post I'm going to show you how to make a LED flasher for your Laptop or Desktop webcam.But first you'll need to find these items.Don't worry it won't cost more than 3 bucks.Let's get it started. Oh first forgive me for low quality photos.(Unavoidable reason)Comment if you have any problems with photos). Things You Need #1.A USB cable.You just need the port showed in the picture with the wire.Can use your old broken phone cable. #2.1 WATT LED bulb with heatsink.You can also use more p...