Today I went to Omega Verksted at NTNU with the plan to check weather or not a TP cable is working. With some help from Espen Øyby, a friend, I got the design ready. After designing the circuit on the computer we printed it on a special paper, which we then laid on top of the circuit board. A couple of minutes in a powerful light it was ready for acid. When we took it out of the acid and washed of the photoresist I had my circuit board.

The entire thing is a quite simple circuit. It consists of 9 LEDs, 9 resistors, 2 AND port blocks and 2 female RJ45 inputs. After soldering everything  together it worked!

If your interested you can see the design layout here.

5 Responses to “My first electronic gadget: TP cable checker”

  1. Alvenes Says:

    Denne ville jeg likt å se. Genialt btw.

  2. Ole Bakstad Says:

    Hehe, du får komme innom. Jeg må dog kjøpe et 9V batteri først.

  3. schakelmateriaal Says:

    Should I go to a community college first in order to become an electrical engineer?

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