RooK WP Sandbox

Tag: Electronics

  • What we learned so far designing a Retro Gaming Console

    It is astonishing what you can learn if you take on a project like this. Things you never thought of 🙂

    • 3D Design
    • PCB Design
    • Ordering “Batch Size 1” PCBs from China
    • The Customs Call: Making sure they know you aren’t building long-range missiles.
    • Power Routing on PCBs: Managing power traces effectively.
    • Design Rule: Never route Ground (GND) under an SD card reader.
    • Calculating Springs with ChatGPT: (And actually ordering them).
    • Hardware Bugfixing
    • Capacitors and their Form Factors