Jake Hopkins 🚀
added to the journal ago
Soldered it up
Today my PCB arrived, and it was very exciting. It looks super cool, and feels high quality. It took me about an hour and a half to solder everything, which was WAY longer than I expected. It was confusing figuring out which direction each part went, because I wasn't sure what correspond to the square pin. Next time I'll label that more clearly.
I still haven't figured out how to power it, but thats what blueprint support is for! Sorry about the blurry photo
Tanuki ⚡🚀
approved Blinky ago
Looks good! Creative placement :)
Jake Hopkins 🚀
submitted Blinky for review ago
Jake Hopkins 🚀
added to the journal ago
Changed shape
So it turns out that KiCAD uses radius for circles, not diameter- so my PCB was twice the size I though it would be. oops. Now it is under 100mm, and it is amazing how cheap it is to make
1Mon âš¡
requested changes for Blinky ago
Nice blinky! as tanishq said, please make sure your pcb is under 100x100mm! i see your cart screenshot is okay, but the repo is still including the big pcb. please make sure to update this!
Jake Hopkins 🚀
submitted Blinky for review ago
Jake Hopkins 🚀
added to the journal ago
Changed the shape
I updated the shape of my PCB, and made it under 100 mm. I know that journaling isn't required for this project, but I couldn't figure out any other way to update the banner
Tanuki ⚡🚀
requested changes for Blinky ago
Hey! Make sure the PCB is under 100 mm :) Nice silkscreen!
Jake Hopkins 🚀
submitted Blinky for review ago
PenguinMo
requested changes for Blinky ago
The board shape is still the same if you need help you can dm me @penguinmo
Jake Hopkins 🚀
submitted Blinky for review ago
PenguinMo
requested changes for Blinky ago
Wow this is cool but it's a copy of the tutorial please add your own board shape
Jake Hopkins 🚀
submitted Blinky for review ago
Jake Hopkins 🚀
added to the journal ago
Created the PCB
Since this tutorial doesn't require journaling, I didn't. This is the only way I know to change the banner though, so this is mainly just to update the banner per the instructions
also my cart
Jake Hopkins 🚀
started Blinky ago
1/6/2026 - Created the PCB
Since this tutorial doesn't require journaling, I didn't. This is the only way I know to change the banner though, so this is mainly just to update the banner per the instructions
also my cart
1/14/2026 - Changed the shape
I updated the shape of my PCB, and made it under 100 mm. I know that journaling isn't required for this project, but I couldn't figure out any other way to update the banner
1/15/2026 - Changed shape
So it turns out that KiCAD uses radius for circles, not diameter- so my PCB was twice the size I though it would be. oops. Now it is under 100mm, and it is amazing how cheap it is to make
2/3/2026 - Soldered it up
Today my PCB arrived, and it was very exciting. It looks super cool, and feels high quality. It took me about an hour and a half to solder everything, which was WAY longer than I expected. It was confusing figuring out which direction each part went, because I wasn't sure what correspond to the square pin. Next time I'll label that more clearly.
I still haven't figured out how to power it, but thats what blueprint support is for! Sorry about the blurry photo