soar1826/onboard

💡 Follow 1,000 teenagers and their journey in making their first PCB

OnBoard

Interested in joining? Head over to DIRECTIONS.md to get started!

How do we get high school students excited about electronics and PCB design?

By empowering them to bring their circuit designs to life!

On Board Them!

OnBoard is a high school program inspiring and supporting 1,000 teenagers to make their first printed circuit board (PCB) within one year. By providing funding, tutorials, and an open-source community, we aim to reignite the passion for electronics in today's youth.

Every student will receive up to $100 to cover PCB manufacturing costs, and join a community of buzzing, passionate individuals all eager to design circuitry.

Requirements

Every design/submission needs to meet the following constraints to be approved:

• Unique and open-source design
• Must be orderable on JLCPCB (that includes a supported shipping address!)
• Must be in high school¹ and show proof of high school enrollment to submit

Getting Started

Head over to DIRECTIONS.md to get started!

The Problem

It's easier than ever for high school students to get involved with programming; all you need is a computing device and internet access. Yet, it's not the same for hardware. While PCB fabs have greatly increased the accessibility for professionally done boards, there is still no clear way for high school students to jump in. This is where OnBoard comes in.

Example Projects

PCB Business Card with NFC
DIY Raspberry Pico Dev Board

Footnotes

1. Home school still counts! ↩