Building Beautiful Boards With Star Simpson

Explore tips and tricks for creating visually stunning PCBs in this 31-minute conference talk from the 2016 Hackaday Superconference. Discover how Star Simpson transforms Forrest Mims' electronic notebook art into functional, educational, and artistic PCBs through her Circuit Classics project. Learn about advanced PCB design techniques, including variable thickness soldermasks, vector art silkscreens, and multicolored boards that blur the line between electronics and art. Gain insights into topics such as hand-etched circuit boards, translucent designs, negative silk examples, and various finishing types. Delve into practical aspects like paneling, mouse bites, V-scoring, milling, via tenting, and templating to elevate your PCB designs from functional to beautiful.

Intro
PCB is for using not for beauty
Why bother
Goals
The Zipper
The DIA Valino
The Mark Levinson
The Stand
Front Panel
Light Blue Beam
How do you get to this
Hand Etched Circuit Board
Go Bold Port
Translucent Board
The Board House
Substrate
Solder Mask
Bold Port Example
Negative Silk Example
Import bitmap
Import DXF
Communication
The Rainbow
Gerbers
Finish Types
DPaneling
Mouse Bites
V Scoring
Milling
Via Tenting
Templating
Conclusion