What miniPCB.com Is All About
miniPCB.com is a modular electronics circuit library built around standardized PCBs that demonstrate core analog and digital circuit topologies.
miniPCB.com provides a connected engineering workspace where each page has a defined role in the circuit workflow, from board discovery and visualization to analysis, documentation, and part-number operations.
- Design library: standardized board families, part numbers, and reusable circuit modules with linked board pages.
- Test Base 2026: structured engineering document generator focused on test plans and related review documents.
- Engineering Analyzer: netlist/FMEA analysis workspace for loading JSON inputs, configuring analysis, and reviewing/saving outputs.
- Part Number Radar: interactive visual tool for building and decoding electronic component part numbers.
- Catalog Reader: full-view interface for board markdown, JSON, and FMEA files.
- Catalog Browser: numeric graphical interface for filtering, sorting, and opening catalog entries quickly.
- Board Finder: guided tool for locating existing miniPCBs by circuit function and learning goal.
- Artifact chain: CAD, extracted data, simulations, documentation, and release pages.
Pages and How To Use Them
The homepage provides the catalog and search index. Tool pages extend this into engineering workflows.
- Home (
index.html): Browse category links and individual board links generated from site index data.
- Catalog Reader (
minipcb_2026.html): Full viewing interface for board markdown and JSON artifacts, including FMEA files.
- Catalog Browser (
catalog_browser.html): Numerical graphical interface for searching, sorting, and opening catalog entries.
- Part Number Radar (
part_number_radar.html): Web tool for visualizing, constructing, and decoding electronic component part numbers.
- Board Finder (
board_finder.html): Tool for finding existing miniPCBs by circuit topic, function, and recommendation flow.
- Engineering Analyzer (
engineering_analyzer.html): Post-design analysis workspace for JSON netlist/FMEA setup, execution, and result review.
- Test Base 2026 (
test_base_2026.html): Structured document generator specializing in test plans and engineering review documents.
Typical flow: start at Home to identify a board, open its detail page for schematic/layout, then use Radar/Finder/Analyzer/Test Base depending on whether your task is decoding, sourcing, reviewing, or creating.
Engineering Artifact Pipeline
miniPCB uses a document chain from source design through public release. Each artifact type captures a different layer of engineering intent.
- EAGLE CAD files (
cad/): Source design files/archives for schematic and PCB layout authoring, the primary design authority.
- ULP exporter output (to
json/): Structured extraction of design data into machine-readable JSON for automation, analysis, and page tooling.
- JSON artifacts (
json/ + schema): Netlist/analysis/setup data used by scripts and tooling to validate and transform design information.
- Markdown docs (
md/): Human-readable technical notes and board-focused references generated/maintained alongside structured data.
- LTspice files (
ltspice/): Simulation schematics (.asc) that support behavior verification and educational demonstration.
- PDF datasheets (
datasheets/): Vendor reference documents that define device constraints, ratings, and ordering details used by tooling.
- Board webpages (
XX/ HTML pages): Published board-specific detail pages combining title, purpose, schematic/layout images, and downloads.
- Instructables posts: External tutorial/distribution layer that packages selected boards/workflows for broader community learning.
In combination, these artifacts let miniPCB act as a traceable engineering system: source design, extracted data, simulation, documentation, and publishable educational content remain linked.
