Make: Volume 86

PCB DESIGN

Over the course of “How to Make (Almost)

Anything,” I made a ton of PCBs and fell in love

with the entire process, from designing and

milling to soldering. Part of why I found it so

enjoyable is the software I chose: SVG-PCB, a

PCB editor created by Leo McElroy and Quentin

Bolsée that runs in the browser can import SVG

files. You can edit your board design through both

the code and the visual editor.

I wanted to design a one-of-a-kind PCB in the

shape of a mannequin, so I created a silhouette in

InkScape, exported it as an SVG file (Figure

L

),

and imported it into SVG-PCB (Figure

M

). From

there, I copied the SVG path and declared it ...