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Build Your Own Microcontroller!🛠️

Nothing beats the satisfaction of building your own gear. Grab your soldering iron, because the PTSolns DIY UNO Kit puts the assembly directly in your hands.

⚠️Note: This isn't a pre-built board, it’s a true DIY kit that requires soldering to put the components together! It’s a great way to dive into electronics assembly and microcontroller development.

What You Need to Know:

The Project: You'll build a fully functional, stackable Uno-compatible development board featuring an ATmega328P microcontroller.

Time to Build: Set aside about 1 to 2 hours for the assembly.

Guide Included: You can find detailed, step by step instructions on our documents portal:
https://docs.ptsolns.com/

📺Highly Recommended: Before you make your first solder joint, we strongly suggest watching the official video tutorial on YouTube to help guide you through the process!

🎥 Watch the Tutorial Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgdAyYOzsE
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🛒 Grab your kit here:
https://ptsolns.com/products/diy-uno-kit
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Here is a look at what goes into a professional microcontroller quality control procedure. 🛠️ At PTSolns, transparent engineering and hardware reliability are everything.

We just ran a huge production batch of our Nano Flip 3V3 microcontrollers through our Precise in-house hardware testing pipeline. In our newest blog post, we’re pulling back the curtain on circuit board inspection, burning custom ATmega328P bootloaders, flashing test firmware sketches, and catching common PCB manufacturing flaws.

Want to know how we track failure rates and handle electronics manufacturing defects? We break down our entire 4-step electronics testing process from start to finish.

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The new Tinker Thought Blog (TTB #30) is officially live! Head over to ptsolns.com to read the full behind the scenes engineering breakdown. 💻✨

Need more space for your circuit designs? Meet the Proto-Wide! The extra-large member of our Proto-Series family! 🛠️✨

If you love the layout of a traditional breadboard but are ready for a durable, permanent solution, this board has you covered.

🔥 Key Features:

1550 tie-points with double rows-of-five (joinable via solder pads).

Dual power inputs (2-pin screw terminal or female barrel jack).

Configurable power rails for multiple voltage levels.

Dual-sided silkscreen so you can easily work on two layers.

4 M3 mounting holes that can be separately grounded or used for stacking.

Whether you need the compact Proto-Half, the standard Proto-Full, or the Proto-Wide, we have a footprint for your next build.

Slide left! We love seeing what our community creates. Big shoutout to the maker who used our Proto-Full board to bring this complex, custom setup to life!

🚀 Ready to finalize that prototype?
🛍 check the link in our bio to grab yours!

Thanks for the tag DigiKey :D

Reversing the polarity on LiPo battery JST connectors PTSolns

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Did you know the PTSolns Leonardo+ is the ultimate "middleman" microcontroller bridge for your hardware projects?

The Leonardo isn't just a microcontroller; it's a native USB device! Because it supports the USB HID (Human Interface Device) protocol, it can send keystrokes, mouse movements, and gamepad commands straight to your PC.

Want to cut the cord? Combine the Leonardo with our fully compatible PTSolns NRF-Shield to add NRF wireless communication to your system. The PTSolns Leonardo+ acts as the perfect hardware translator, taking radio frequency (RF) wireless signals from the shield and turning them into real-time PC inputs.

What wireless hardware would you connect to your PC using a PTSolns Leonardo+ and an NRF-Shield? Let us know in the comments! 👇
Check them out on www.ptsolns.com and stay tuned for exciting new products updates!😝

User Project Highlight

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This week's DIY electronics project highlight showcases a custom light chasing LED display, a brilliant build we first spotted at the Calgary Maker Faire this past weekend (May 2-3)!

The maker engineered an impressive free form soldered LED structure, completely driven by a custom-built control circuit. To bring this hardware project to life, the components and wiring were expertly integrated using the PTSolns Proto-Half V2.2 prototyping board; the perfect compact PCB for building and testing custom microcontroller circuits!

Build your next embedded systems project with us. Find our prototyping boards and hardware in 180+ countries on DigiKey: PTSolns.com/DigiKey

Access datasheets, pinouts, and supporting documentation on our technical repository: docs.PTSolns.com

Inspired for tinkering!

That's a wrap! Two full days at the Calgary Maker Faire. Thank you to everyone who stopped by at our booth. We will be back bigger next year!

We are excited for Calgary Maker Faire this weekend! Come find our booth and say Hi 👋

May 2nd & 3rd, Acadia Rec Centre

https://calgary.makerfaire.com/sponsors/

In terms of range tests, we're always looking for more! For this post, we'll be conducting one of the longest range tests with the PTSolns LoRa SX1276 shield. A friend of our shop recently took our PTSolns LoRa SX1276 915MHz Shield out into the countryside to test just how far radio waves would travel. The results? Rock-solid connection at over 6.15 kilometers (3.82 miles).

In this blog, we’ll explore the hardware that’s being used, the science behind the transmission, and just how impressive a feat it is to achieve a 6km range. PTSolns

We just published a real world LoRa range test and the results are impressive.

🔗 https://ptsolns.com/blogs/tinker-thoughts/ttb29-real-life-range-test-lora-shield

In this latest Tinker Thoughts Blog, we take the PTSolns LoRa SX1276 915MHz Shield out of the lab and into the real world to see what it can actually do. The result? A rock solid connection at over 6.15 km with simple hardware and no complex setup.

LoRa is known for long range, low power communication, and this test shows just how powerful it can be even in practical conditions.

Inside the blog:

Real field test setup and conditions

Hardware used and configuration

Measured range and performance insights

Why this matters for IoT, remote sensing, and low power networks

If you are working with IoT, RF, or long range wireless, this is a must read.