Circuit boards

[BradG]

Well i guess its not woodwork etc... but never the less, its other things i make

This is a product il be releasing soon to the photography market, which analyses the flash of lightning filtering out interferance from artificial lighting via a built in processor and then triggers your cameras shutter allowing you to catch the bolt. Three buttons are on the top which allow you to adjust the sensitivity

This product will go hand in hand with the other design, which is a portable storm monitor, telling you the distance to the storm, and if its moving away or towards you. it can be left in standby at home and when a storm develops it will let you know to get your camera out.


I designed the circuit board, and created my master sheet, which i use on my UV exposure unit to expose the design onto photoresist board.

After this, into the etching tank it goes, before being sliced into sections.

 

[Joe S.]

No wonder you make cool pens, you're a genius!

 

[BradG]

Lol Joe il wait until its finished and working before taking claim to that!

 

[healeydays]

I do love seeing a fresh roadmap on a board. I have been in high tech since the 70s and I always looked at designing a circuit board as a piece of art especially as you look at what you have to fit in a square inch and at what layer.

 

[mikespenturningz]

I have been an extra class ham radio operator for 20 years and have played around with electronics for most of that time. Nice job on this board Brad.

 

[BradG]

Ive often considered getting my ham license, though I think I have too many hobbies to allow for the extra time doing it. Its on the back burner for a year when I fancy something new ... CQ CQ CQ ....

 

[mikespenturningz]

You would be DX here stateside and would have a pileup every time you got on the radio..

 

[BeSquare]

You would be DX here stateside and would have a pileup every time you got on the radio..

Funny how hobbies cross over W9RCB in Chicago suburbs here. General operator working on my extra test.

Rich

 

[BradG]

Bouncing off the ionosphere for dxing would be my path of choice. Can see the challenge of long range comms appealing to me

 

[John Den]

I still don't see how you get one of these on a pen.
Regards
John

 

[D.Oliver]

Well i guess its not woodwork etc... but never the less, its other things i make

This is a product il be releasing soon to the photography market, which analyses the flash of lightning filtering out interferance from artificial lighting via a built in processor and then triggers your cameras shutter allowing you to catch the bolt. Three buttons are on the top which allow you to adjust the sensitivity

This product will go hand in hand with the other design, which is a portable storm monitor, telling you the distance to the storm, and if its moving away or towards you. it can be left in standby at home and when a storm develops it will let you know to get your camera out.


I designed the circuit board, and created my master sheet, which i use on my UV exposure unit to expose the design onto photoresist board.

After this, into the etching tank it goes, before being sliced into sections.

I understood the part in red. After that.............

 

[terryf]

Somewhere, in a deep dark cupboard, I have a lightning trigger. Only used it a few times but it works pretty well. Hope yours is a success Brad.

 

[Joe S.]

Ive often considered getting my ham license, though I think I have too many hobbies to allow for the extra time doing it. Its on the back burner for a year when I fancy something new ... CQ CQ CQ ....

Pfft, you don't need a license, you're already a ham!

 

[Haynie]

My dad's neighbor makes something like this called the lightning trigger.
Capture the Lightning Landscape with the Lightning Trigger!

my dad traded him for one and it works great.

I see terry already mentioned it.

 

[BradG]

lol Joe, have to take a test to demonstrate that you knowwhat you're doing with the equipment, and understand ohms law etc


Haynie, yes theres a few on the market, but they are very expensive.