My experience with manufacturing printed circuit boards
I've done a lot of electronics projects already, all of them were painstakingly hand-soldered on a perfboard. I actually like this approach for quick prototyping, and plus, I've also grown fond of how "raw" it looks like. In spite of this, I've always been curious and interested in having my own printed PCB. I remember designing one for my TIRO vibrating watch but I never pushed through with it because I wasn't confident with what I've made.
I really like the raw, almost electronic-punk look of my work
A couple of months ago I got an email from PCBWay asking if I was interested in trying out their PCB manufacturing service. The email from PCBWay re-ignited this interest in having a PCB made. The problem is I didn't have a PCB design that I built myself that I knew was going to work. My best option was the "ESPBoy project …