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DEDBUG is a protoboard aimed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_construction deadbug prototyping and free-form circuit construction] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology SMD] components salvaged from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste electronic waste]. Unlike traditional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfboard perfboards] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripboard stripboards], the main objective of this protoboard is to provide a means to work with SMD components. The main motivation for the design of this prototyping board is that we have observed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture hacker community] slowly abandon manual experimentation and prototyping with SMD components in favour of establishing small-scale production pipelines with DIY automated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick-and-place_machine pick-and-place machines], desktop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflow_oven reflow ovens] and other costly production-oriented equipment. We find that this trend loosely mirrors production processes in larger production pipelines, aimed at commercially producing and selling devices. At Unbinare, we would like to preserve the unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment nature of hardware hacking and openly share the skills required to manually hack free-form circuits with SMD components. The DEDBUG protoboard is designed to allow anyone to experiment and build free-form circuits with relative ease and demonstrates that with few resources one is able to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modding modify] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repurposing repurpose] discarded electronic devices instead of creating new products. | '''DEDBUG''' is a protoboard aimed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_construction deadbug prototyping and free-form circuit construction] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology SMD] components salvaged from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste electronic waste]. Unlike traditional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfboard perfboards] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripboard stripboards], the main objective of this protoboard is to provide a means to work with SMD components. The main motivation for the design of this prototyping board is that we have observed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_culture hacker community] slowly abandon manual experimentation and prototyping with SMD components in favour of establishing small-scale production pipelines with DIY automated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick-and-place_machine pick-and-place machines], desktop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflow_oven reflow ovens] and other costly production-oriented equipment. We find that this trend loosely mirrors production processes in larger production pipelines, aimed at commercially producing and selling devices. At Unbinare, we would like to preserve the unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment nature of hardware hacking and openly share the skills required to manually hack free-form circuits with SMD components. The DEDBUG protoboard is designed to allow anyone to experiment and build free-form circuits with relative ease and demonstrates that with few resources one is able to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modding modify] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repurposing repurpose] discarded electronic devices instead of creating new products. | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 27 June 2023
DEDBUG is a protoboard aimed at deadbug prototyping and free-form circuit construction with SMD components salvaged from electronic waste. Unlike traditional perfboards and stripboards, the main objective of this protoboard is to provide a means to work with SMD components. The main motivation for the design of this prototyping board is that we have observed the hacker community slowly abandon manual experimentation and prototyping with SMD components in favour of establishing small-scale production pipelines with DIY automated pick-and-place machines, desktop reflow ovens and other costly production-oriented equipment. We find that this trend loosely mirrors production processes in larger production pipelines, aimed at commercially producing and selling devices. At Unbinare, we would like to preserve the unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment nature of hardware hacking and openly share the skills required to manually hack free-form circuits with SMD components. The DEDBUG protoboard is designed to allow anyone to experiment and build free-form circuits with relative ease and demonstrates that with few resources one is able to modify and repurpose discarded electronic devices instead of creating new products.