Crimp Terminals for Cables Crimp terminals lock to the end of a wire and attach to an electrical connection such as a screw or terminal block. There are tons of different styles out there, but we found a handful that every Chinese cable manufacturer stocks. This is important because while reels of crimps are cheap, […]
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Dirty Cables price increases and lead times
Its really hard to convince Huaqiangbei market suppliers to cooperate on a project until you can prove value by making a bunch of orders. Our approach is to guestimate a price at DirtyPCBs, send through a few months of orders, and then ask if they’d like to cooperate with us. Generally this will open doors […]
DirtyPCBs.com China export brokerage pay your vendors get your stuffs
Exporting small low value orders from China is a challenge to do cost effectively, however proper export of bulk stuff is comparatively simple. After hearing what hardware people are going through to get stuff from China we had to offer a better way. A Dirty Way. Having trouble paying a Chinese supplier? Did things start off […]
DirtyPCBs adds full range of steel and framed stencils
Stencils for solder paste and red glue are now available in a bunch of standard sizes for solder paste/red glue dispensers. You can choose from all the options offered by our favorite stencil maker: Purposes: Solder paste for surface mount component reflow process. Red glue for two-sided or through hole board wave soldering process […]
DirtyPCBs site update with encrypted https connections
DirtyPCBs.com now supports secure, encrypted access with https://DirtyPCBs.com. We used a free certificate from Let’s Encrypt and the process was almost painless. You’ll need to add the ‘s’ to the address manually to access the secure version of the site. Https may become the default eventually. It’s trendy to force everyone onto https these days, […]
DIRTY CABLES: Cheap custom cables available now
Dirty Cables is a drag and drop cable builder that gives you access to cheap custom cable services from China. Build a custom cable, get an instant quote, and checkout. Your custom cables should ship in 3 to 7 work days. Huaqiangbei is full of cheap custom cable vendors with a big pile of samples […]
DIRTY CABLES: What’s in that sample pile?
In the bustling Huaqiangbei market, custom cable manufacturers tout their wares in massive piles that serve as a live catalog of the connectors available within the robust Chinese manufacturing ecosystem. Just like the way the best online casinos display their most popular games front and center, these piles indicate what’s standard and in demand. For […]
Tiny ESP8266 Breakout Board
Stavros made a very small ESP8266 breakout board: A very small breakout for the ESP8266. Includes all necessary pullups/pulldowns for it to boot to your code, a LDO regulator, a 3V3 output pin and enough breadboard space for one row on each side on a standard breadboard. Full details on Github. Boards DirtyPCB order link here.
FONA808 USB interface
Jesus Echavarria published a new build: For several months I’m working with FONA808 modules from Adafruit to make a portable, web-based locating system. This modules are based on the SIM808 module from SIMCOM manufacturer, and integrates both GSM and GPS transceivers in one 24x24mm package. The Adafruit board includes this module and also some electronics […]
ESP8266 LED lighting: QuinLED v2.6 PCB
Quindor designed and built an ESP8266 LED lighting QuinLED project with Dirty Board PCBs: It’s been a long time in the making but I’ve finally put the final touches on my newest revision of QuinLED! This makes it version 2.6 rev 1.00. Let’s check it out! This post is part of a series – The index for […]
DirtyPCB X-mas tree
Matthias created a X-Mas tree project using the DirtyPCB boards: The project features an USB capable PIC16F1549 µC with: USB FS device 48 MHz internal Oscillator 2 PWM modules 10-bit ADC with Voltage Reference Integrated Temperature Indicator Module The LEDs are connected to the 2 PWM outputs via N-mos drivers. A Potentiometer is connected to […]
Ultrasonic Anemometer
Lukas Fassler has designed and built an Ultrasonic Anemometer project with Dirty Board PCBs. Full details at Soldernerd homepage.
Bi-directional voltage level translator – Board house test
Lukas Fassler from Soldernerd shares his experience with DirtyPCBs: I can think of a lot of situations where it could be useful. But the main reason for this project was to gain some experience with getting a PCB professionally manufactured by a board house. For several years I have done my own designs but I always milled […]
OTGW panel
Onno designed and built his own OTGW panel with Dirty Board PCBs: Added all together and had a working gateway. This gateway has also connections for status LED’s. However, I didn’t find anything about getting the LED’s connected and build in the housing. So there started the first idea of designing my own PCB. I’m someone who […]
ESP8266/RFM69 wifi gateway
James Coxon writes: The aim was to use ESP8266 and reflash the onboard processor with the Arduino development environment to allow easy porting of the current UKHASnet code. The ESP would act as the main microprocessor and control the RFM69 over SPI. Any packets received by the RFM69 would then be uploaded by the ESP […]
Tote – Quadruped robot
Radomir Dopieralski has a nice build log on his quadruped robot – Tote: Tote is a small (fits inside your palm), four-legged, walking robot, with three degrees of freedom per leg, Arduino for its brains and controlled either with a TV remote, or by additional electronics added on top of it. It is very simple, cheap […]
215 Hopper FPV rebuild
Andrew Taylor documented his 215 Hopper FPV build: I finally have the design of the 215 Hopper at a point where I think it is fit for purpose as an FPV copter. It can now sustain a heavy grounding without terminal damage. I still won’t claim that it is as durable as a carbon plate […]
Dirty PCBs review from Big Mess o’ Wires
Dirty PCBs detailed review by Big Mess o’ Wires: Now for the key question: were the boards any good? From my inspection, I’d say mostly yes. I spent a long time examining the boards under 10x magnification, and comparing them to my original EAGLE files, and to the Gerbers using gerbv. Probably I’ve never examined any […]
La Skala Arduino controlled ladder attenuator
Dimdim has designed and built his own stepped ladder attenuator, controlled by an Arduino: A few years ago I had an encounter with a ladder volume attenuator. I loved hearing the relays clicking away as they dialed-in the desired attenuation. Ever since then I wanted to design and build one for myself. The years passed, with […]
DIY 32ch FPV 5.8ghz LCD
Spikey made his own DIY 32ch FPV 5.8ghz LCD with Dirty Board PCB’s: If you’re like me, you don like buying stuff that’s ready-to-go, but rather build one yourself. We usually spend more money, but it’s way more satisfying I really didn’t want to buy an overly expensive FPV LCD receiver, so I made my own DIY […]