PCB and Electronics

Ordering PCB

Downloads

  1. Download this file https://downgit.evecalm.com/#/home?url=https://github.com/RiceU-VibrotactileGlove/Manual
  2. Save the file 

  3. Unzip the file, these are all the files you will need throughout this tutorial


Ordering the PCB Steps

All images are linked below

1. Go to https://jlcpcb.com/
2. Sign Up (or Sign in if you have an account)


3. Click on “Order Now”


4. Click on “Add gerber file”


5. Navigate to the file you downloaded at the beginning of the tutorial, Upload the file named “GERBERS.zip”


6. Confirm this is what you see, if not change it to match this picture


7. Make sure these settings are as follows


8. Click the toggle button for PCB Assembly, this makes sure the company assembles the PCB for you
9. Click “Assemble Top Side”


10. Confirm this is what you see, if not change it to match this picture


11. Click “Confirm” , This will redirect you to this page


12. Confirm this is what you see, then click “Next”
13. Click on “Add BOM file”


14. Navigate to the file you downloaded at the beginning of the tutorial, Upload the file named “BillOfMaterials.csv”
15. Click on “Add CPL file”
16. Navigate to the file you downloaded at the beginning of the tutorial, Upload the file named “CPL.csv”
17. Click on “Process BOM & CPL”


18. Zoom in until the PCB is in view
19. [Will expand on later but click every component until the pink dot matches up with the white part, will talk to Emmie about this, maybe a video explanation will be better or just letting the vendor do it]
20. Click on “Next”, you should be directed to this page


21. Under Product Description, click  “Research/Education/Diy/Entertainment” and then “Others”


22. Under detailed description, type “Gloves”
23. Save to Cart!




Assembling the PCB:

Going to assemble two out of the 5 pcbs. One per glove.


Soldering Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmErwU5E-k


  1. Strip 4 wires

  2. Solder wires to the plates of the tactors

  3. Apply heatshrink to the solder joint

  4. Solder a screw terminal block to the large holes on the edge of the pcb 

  5. Solder Header pins into the space for the ESP32.

  6. Solder a JST connector into the top right corner. This is where the battery will go.

  7. Strip the other end the wires attached to the tactor

  8. Starting from the bottom, screw each wire to the into the screw terminal in order. Each tactor has a wire going into a “+” screw terminal, and one going into a “-” terminal

  9. Repeat for the other PCB.


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