The impulse for artistic creation is human nature, and sometimes this passion also spills over into the field of technology, or perhaps it can be said that the trend of technology has also influenced art… In any case, the sparks ignited when art meets technology can make us bright-eyed, smile, or at least feel: cool!
Here are many circuit board designs that resemble works of art. For these creators, I can’t help but admire their efforts; when you are doing circuit board wiring design, you can maintain traditional methods using dull and simple lines, but adding some variation and aesthetic wiring styles will not compromise functionality; looking at these works, don’t you think they look so vibrant, more “humane” than purely practical square green plastic boards?
Classical Style Vacuum Tube Clock
Next is the vacuum tube clock (nixie tube clock) designed by a netizen named “yanzeyuan” (严泽远) showcased on the Tube Clock Database website; besides the aesthetically pleasing wiring, the circuit board briefly introduces the vacuum tube clock and its operating principles. The more common vacuum tube clocks are housed in wooden or metal casings, while this work presents the vacuum tube clock in a completely different style. If you are interested, you can also visit the author’s website to purchase a vacuum tube clock toolkit to make one yourself!
Carving an Idol’s Face on PCB?
Putting the portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the circuit board design, the author may have his personal reasons… or perhaps that wiring function just happened to need to draw a face like Lincoln to complete it? There is not much information about this circuit board work, and the information shows it was posted online in 2010, and the author is unknown… but it is indeed cool, right?
Can you put Lincoln’s portrait on the circuit board?
Skull Pattern Mini Synthesizer
Next is another mini synthesizer circuit board that is completely different from the previous street graffiti style; the row of skulls on the circuit board serves as the synthesizer’s keyboard, and the spacing of the oscillator is controlled by the level of skin contact. In fact, the secret to playing this little thing is to lick your fingertips before you start playing (?!)
This work was designed by John Richards from the “dirty electronics” website. In addition to online sales of the skull-patterned mini synthesizer and other works, there are also many musical creations born from synthesizers designed by the author, guaranteed to delight your ears.
Adding Humor Elements to Circuit Board Design
Below is a work by a netizen who calls himself “johngineer”; this guy’s website has a lot of cool things (like a super cool punk-style watch he made himself), as well as very professional technical articles. “johngineer” did not explain the function of this circuit board, but he printed two segments of text on it, imagining how future archaeologists would interpret this “artifact” if they excavated this circuit board?
The through holes of the circuit board can be imagined as different patterns like stars?
Street Graffiti Style Synthesizer
The first circuit board design carries a bit of street graffiti art style, and the author is Gijs Gieskes, an engineer from the Netherlands, who made a mini synthesizer circuit. By turning all the potentiometers on the circuit board, you can create wonderful sounds; Gieskes’s website has many interesting works, and he also sells some results through an online store.
Street graffiti style circuit board created by Dutch engineer Gijs Gieskes
Heart-Shaped Arduino Development Board!
Is there a heart-shaped Arduino development board? This is a post by a netizen Takumi Funada; unfortunately, the original source link seems to have expired.
Your core circuit board can look like a heart!
Circuit Board That Can Be Jewelry
This is a wearable circuit board design that not only looks cool but can also really be used as an accessory; this PCB can drive an array of 16 LEDs and can be charged using the 12 mini solar cells on it, and if you don’t want to stand in the sun for too long, you can also charge it with a USB cable. A very unique decoration, right?
Using Software Tools to Design Beautiful Circuit Boards
Below is a circuit board design drawn using PCBmodE software. With the right tools, you can not only make the circuit board fully functional but also make it look more beautiful.
A circuit board for audio plug adapters drawn with software tools
PCB Girl!
Japanese manga characters can also be combined with circuit board design──the following is a Xilinx Spartan-3E series FPGA development board (AZPR EvBoard) developed by a Japanese engineer, and its spokesperson (and also has a 3D doll) has a very cute name called “PCB Girl”; the patterns on the circuit board are not printed but composed of wiring and grounding planes… Do otaku feel excited?
The “PCB Girl” development board with a strong Japanese manga style
PCB engineers’ understanding of art must go beyond this. As a PCB design enthusiast, I believe that the art of PCB design is more about meeting factors such as EMC, SI&PI, structure, process, etc., with neat layouts, consistent via arrangements, equal wiring distances, uniform distribution of traces across layers, and consistent lengths…
Source: Electronic Technology and DIY
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