Summary

  • consultancy Dekimo has made the files for its DIY decade resistance box available to download for free.
  • Dekimo usually hands out the physical boxes at trade fairs, but it has released the Gerber and bill of materials files along with a pick-and-place file so that people can make their own.
  • There is no licence, but no payment is required to access and use the files.
  • However, the lack of licensing information doesmean that users cannot know whether they are permitted to make changes to the design.
  • Also, the resistance box likely will not stand heavy usage, as its switches use ENIG (electroless nickel immersion gold) coating rather than the harder-wearing hard gold plating that would be more usual in such an application.

By Jenny List

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