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I've been building PCBs for this series in my spare time for the past couple months, this last weekend I finished the design for the ALU: https://github.com/lelandbatey/custom_cpu--ALU

I've then been having them manufactured in China for, which you can have done for ~$15 for 5, shipped. It's very satisfying to have finished fancy PCBs to solder together, and I've learned so much about electronics, PCB design, and small scale board manufacturing since starting this project!




do you have a link to the manufacturer you are using?

also, do you have images of the empty pcb and finished product after soldering the components that could be added to the git repo?

edit.. just saw some pics from your other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14457760


Here's who I've been having the boards manufactured by: https://www.elecrow.com/5pcs-2-layer-pcb.html

They're by far the cheapest I've found. They charge $5 for 5 PCBs, with a 10cmx10cm area each. The cheapest shipping at $6 will get them to you in about 20 days from order date, while the Shenzhen DHL shipping option will get them to you in about 7 days from order date. At least, that's been my experience ordering from them.




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