Project: DeepBlue Juggling #6.2 - PCB Design @harrisonlow

Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

In this video I walk you through the journey I followed to design and manufacture (or rather, get manufactured) a PCB for Jugglebot's mechanical components. I step through component choice, using KiCAD for PCB design, how to get a PCB manufactured, and some lessons I learned for next time I do this.

As always, I hope you enjoy it!

Links to things mentioned in the video:

##### AccelStepper Arduino library: #####
airspayce.com/mikem/arduino/AccelStepper/classAccelStepper.html

##### PCB Design tutorials: #####
I don't remember exactly which video(s) I watched, but they were in this series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8D3B363139B67FF3

##### SN74AHCT125N Logic Shifters: #####
https://www.digikey.com.au/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/SN74AHCT125N/375798

00:00 - Introduction
01:02 - Why is a Custom PCB Desirable?
01:51 - What Microcontroller Should I Use?
04:51 - Problems with Teensy 4.0
06:58 - How to Mount all the Hardware?
08:52 - How to Design a PCB
10:51 - KiCAD Schematic Editor
12:59 - KiCAD PCB Editor
16:08 - Getting the PCB Manufactured
17:16 - Tips for PCB Design
21:23 - Final Remarks

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$A Robot That Juggles? Why Did I Even Start This?? | Channel Intro Welcome to my channel, where I take on the slightly crazy challenge of building a juggling robot! In this short introduction video, Ill give you a quick rundown of my Jugglebot project and why I embarked on this wild journey. Well cover: - The origins of the Jugglebot idea and what sparked my curiosity. - A few big goals of the project. - A brief overview of the progress Ive made so far and what you can expect to see in my videos. If youre intrigued by the concept of a juggling robot and want to join me on this adventure, make sure to subscribe and follow my progress! Ill be sharing my successes, failures, and everything in between. *** Juggling Lab *** https://jugglinglab.org/ *** Deep Blue Reference *** Deep Blue is referring to the eponymous chess-playing algorithm that beat Garry Kasparov in 1997, forever changing the dynamics between humans and computers in the domain of chess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer) Also if youre curious, this is the siteswap used in the Jugglebot swarm scene: *Angled Bracket* 3p2 3 3p3 3p4 3p5 3 3p3 3p3 3p1 3p4 3p3 3p3 3p2 3 3p3 3p4 3p5 3 3p3 3p3 3p1 3p4 3p3 3p3 3p2 3 3p3 3p4 3p5 3 3p3 3p3 3p1 3p4 3p3 3p3 5p2 5p2 5p2 0 0 | 3p3 3 3p4 3p5 3p1 3 3p4 3p1 3p3 3p2 3p4 3p1 3p3 3 3p4 3p5 3p1 3 3p4 3p1 3p3 3p2 3p4 3p1 3p3 3 3p4 3p5 3p1 3 3p4 3p1 3p3 3p2 3p4 3p1 5p3 5p3 5p3 0 0 | 3p4 3 3p5 3p1 3p2 3 3p1 3p4 3p4 3p1 3p1 3p4 3p4 3 3p5 3p1 3p2 3 3p1 3p4 3p4 3p1 3p1 3p4 3p4 3 3p5 3p1 3p2 3 3p1 3p4 3p4 3p1 3p1 3p4 5p4 5p4 5p4 0 0 | 3p5 3 3p1 3p2 3p3 3 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 3p5 3 3p1 3p2 3p3 3 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 3p5 3 3p1 3p2 3p3 3 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 3p2 3p5 5p5 5p5 5p5 0 0 | 3p1 3 3p2 3p3 3p4 3 3 3p2 3 3p3 3 3p2 3p1 3 3p2 3p3 3p4 3 3 3p2 3 3p3 3 3p2 3p1 3 3p2 3p3 3p4 3 3 3p2 3 3p3 3 3p2 5p1 5p1 5p1 0 0 * Angled bracket * (Angled brackets arent allowed in YouTube descriptions for some reason 🤷‍♂️. You only need an opening one at the start, and a closing one at the end) And if you want the colours to be matched up, add the following to the Manual settings box on Juggling Lab: colors = {blue} {blue} {blue} {blue} {blue} {green} {green} {green} {green} {green} {red} {red} {red} {red} {red} {red}$