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      <title>Designing and Manufacturing a Custom PCB for a Micro Blimp</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recently, I've been very interested in creating circuit boards for my various projects. However, in the past, my boards haven't been much more than basic breakout boards; they simply rerouted existing traces away from the GPIO of the SOC or microprocessor I was using, and placed them in accordance with the footprint of whatever sensor breakout board I chose. In fact, I had never truly completed a PCB project using anything more than off-the-shelf sensor modules. This project has been my first deep-dive into actual circuit board design and production, and I've learned so much along the way.]]></description>
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