How To Make The PCB Design More Artistic

How to make the PCB design more artistic

Here are a few circuit board designs that are like art.

A circuit board that can be used as jewelry

This is a wearable board design that is not only cool in shape but also really an accessory; this PCB circuit can drive a combination of 16 LEDs and can be charged with 12 mini solar cells. If you don't want to stand in the sun for too long, you can also charge it with a USB cable. Very unique decorations?

Street graffiti style

The first board was designed with a little graffiti art. The author is an engineer from the Netherlands, Gijs Gieskes, who works on a mini synthesizer circuit. Turning all the potentiometers on the board to create a beautiful sound; Gieskes' website has a lot of interesting works, and he also sells some results through online stores.

Classical style vacuum tube clock

Next is the Tube Clock Database website, a nixie tube clock designed by a user named "yanzeyuan" (Chinese name: Yan Zeyuan); in addition to the beautiful winding, the board also briefly introduces the vacuum tube clock and How it works. The more common vacuum tube clocks are placed in wooden or metal enclosures, and this work gives the vacuum tube clock a completely different look. If you are interested in it, you can also go to the author's website to buy a vacuum tube clock tool set and do it yourself!

Engraved the face of the idol on the PCB?

The American president, Abraham Lincoln, will be placed in the circuit board design. The author may have his own personal reasons... or maybe the function winding just needs to draw a Lincoln-like avatar to complete? There isn't much information about this board's work, and the information shows that it was posted online in 2010, the author can't test... but it's really cool?

Cranium pattern mini synthesizer

Then there is another mini synthesizer board that is completely different from the previous graffiti style; the row that is juxtaposed on the board is the keyboard of the synthesizer, and the spacing of the oscillator is determined by the level of skin contact. control. In fact, the secret of playing this little thing is to take a look at the fingertips before you start playing... The designer of this work is John Richards of the "dirty electronics" website, which sells the skull in addition to online. There are many works such as the head pattern mini synthesizer, and there are many music creations created by the author using its own synthesizer, which guarantees you a good time.

Board design with humor elements

Here is a netizen's work called "johngineer". This guy's website has a lot of cool stuff (such as a cool punk watch he made himself) and a very professional technical article. "johngineer" did not explain the role of this board, but he printed two paragraphs on it, imagine how archaeologists would dig into this board in the future, how would they interpret this "relic"?

The through-holes of the board can be imagined as different patterns like stars?

Design beautiful boards with software tools

The following is a circuit board design drawing with PCBmodE software. With the right tools, you can not only make the board fully functional but also look more beautiful.

Pumpkin shaped PCB

This is the pumpkin PCB developed by low voltage labs. In addition to the cute shape, it also printed a cute pattern. This board has LED bulbs on it, which allows you to put pumpkin lights on Halloween, don't worry that the candles will be blown out by the wind... In fact, it is also very tasteful as a decoration, and it can be bought for as little as $6!

Board girl!

Japanese manga characters and board design can also be combined - the following is a Xilinx Spartan-3E series FPGA development board (AZPR EvBoard) developed by Japanese engineers. Its spokesperson (and 3D dolls) has a very cute The name is “Substrate Girl”; the pattern on the board is not printed, but is composed of a winding and a ground plane... Are the men’s hearts moving?

For these creators, the author can't help but appreciate their efforts; when you're doing circuit board winding design, you can maintain the traditional practice of using boring and clean lines, but Adding some form of change and aesthetics is not compromised in terms of functionality; look at these works, don't you think they look so vibrant, more "human" than purely pragmatic square green plastic panels?