PCB Cyborg Art

Posted by Ril3y on February 16, 2010


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So I had some free time while waiting for Alden to proof my xproto breakout board I designed for the tinyG system that we are working on.  So I took some time to try to mimic the results that Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studios did on his professional PCB mill.  I think the results were pretty good.  In fact they were even better than you see on the final version.  I say this because currently I have a very coarse wire brush on my grinder and did not take the time to switch it to a much finer wire gauge.  I was lazy.  As you can see some of the building is coming off.


Also in the middle there was some “over burn” where I left it in contact too long.

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This has kind of inspired me to do some neat graphic / electronics.  Not sure what I am going to do but this would have been much cooler if the cyborg’s eye lit up and would blink faster / slower based off of the temp in the room etc… :)




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Comments (4)

  • Very nice! I never thought PCBs could be artwork :-)

    In fact, I think I like your version better than the one over at Grand Idea Studio, maybe it’s just the contrast of the picture that makes it jump out.

  • Well I loaded their art they had (it was a jpg that was not exactly high res) then I converted it to a vector file in corel draw. From there I could stretch it to any size… maintain aspect ratio and bam!

    I do think it turned out cool :)

    Ril3y

  • I etched some pcb art a few years ago as a present for my family, and it worked out similarly well. They look especially nice backlit by a candle or daylit window, since the pcb board material is somewhat translucent and the copper, of course, isn’t.

  • I could always put the LEDs on the backside of the board. That would be cool! To do as you were saying.

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