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Share your progress and ask for help with Hack Club teens who are designing their own circuit boards.
OnBoard with FIRST®
Circuit boards are magical. You design one, we'll print it!
Plus! FIRST team members get a limited edition PCB badge designed with Dean Kamen.
Plus! FIRST team members get a limited edition PCB badge designed with Dean Kamen.
Join 1,000 others to create your own circuit board.
Free Manufacturing
We’ll pay $100 to cover manufacturing costs, enough for 2-3 iterations of your design.
Never made a circuit board before? No problem.
Learn how to design your own circuit boards from scratch with our official tutorials and jams, like Maggie’s intro to PCB design jam. Ask in the Hack Club Slack if you have any questions!FRC team #4272 "Maverick Robotics" made this swerve-drive encoder for their robot drive train that's cheaper than stock sensors and saves ports on their CAN.
How to Get a Grant
- Design a PCB using any tool that can export Gerber files.
- Upload your design to JLCPCB and take a screenshot.
- Open source your design on GitHub and apply for the grant! You must be a teenager in high school to apply.
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Meet others learning how to make their own circuit boards. Collaborate, get help, and support others as you take the leap.
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$100 Grants
We’ll pay $100 to manufacture your boards, all components included.
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Read our tutorials to learn how to make a simple circuit boards from start to end.
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