CH551G Prototyping Board | PCB FROM PCBWAY.COM

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Prototyping development board with CH551G microcontroller.
CH551G:
www.wch-ic.com/products/CH551...
SHARED PROJECT:
www.pcbway.com/project/sharep...
I have always liked development boards with perfboard style prototyping area. Those boards are made for creating semi permanent prototype circuits by soldering the connections. They are not as reusable, as usual development boards that plug into breadboard.
I think that type of prototyping board is great development board CH551G , which is USB-enabled microcontroller from WCH. So far most of the projects I've done with those microcontrollers have had just few components on them... Couple of buttons and LEDs, or some sensors for example. Such projects could be build on this kind of board in just couple of minutes.
0:00 Usual development boards
0:45 PCBWAY AD
1:24 CH551G
1:40 Components
2:00 Prototyping area
2:48 CH551G for simple circuits
3:15 Credit card sized
4:00 Software - SDCC
4:40 Any ideas?
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[@fredimachadonet]

This is awesome, thank you! It would be great to have a version with through hole components for easy soldering (apart from the microcontroller itself of course). Those resistors and capacitors are super tiny. Thanks for your content!

[@Hackvlog]

Thanks! I decided to go 100% SMD, because main parts, the microcontroller and the USB-C jack, are SMD anyway. If one is able to solder those, the 0603 shouldn't cause problems.
But I do understand that everyone doesn't have good finger dexterity or vision. I am checking how to generate proper files for PCBWAY's PCBA service. When files are ready and checked by their engineers, I will share the project and people can order fully assembled version of this board (or bare PCB, if preferred).
Thanks for leaving a comment!

[@dagobertkrikelin1587]

Hellurei! I have always liked the 8051 family and started programming in assembler followed by PL/M-51, Pascal and C.
I will get a couple of your boards to play around with - but as usual it is hard to get an idea for a project... x/

[@Hackvlog]

Thanks! I've been tinkering with BOM and component position files and all the other details required by the PCBA service. I have always assembled my own boards, which has allowed me to skip some details and ignore things while designing the boards. There are quite few details to check and correct. When everything has been checked and validated, I will share the project... One can then order either bare or fully assembled PCB, which ever is preferred.
I think I'll need to start writing down ALL of the project ideas I get through out the day. It is easier to come up with 100 ideas, one or two of which are good, than to come up with only one idea that *must* be a good one.

[@CallMeBauss]

hey, ima huge fan of your channel and the work you do, its amazing. I'm just starting my journey into hardware, would you be willing to do a video on learning resources (books, videos)/how you acquired the knowledge that you have. Im particularly interested in how you learned to build your own circuits. I just finished watching your video on reverse engineering a simple pcb, and towards the end of the video you said you would have designed on your own USB-c charger models, that would be an amazing video if you could show how would design one yourself from the ground up. Ty for the videos they are a great learning and entertaining resource!

[@Hackvlog]

Thank you, very much! I don't have any actual books or links to share. Best way FOR ME to learn this kind of stuff is by just doing it. Finding CZcams channels, blogs or other resources that inspire me to create something of my own is what I find most valuable. When I read blogs like Hackaday, which collect projects from multiple sources, if I see even remotely interesting project I will also check if the original author has other things in their website/CZcams channel.
Also when I see a project with interesting parts, I might check out what it is and how it could be used in my projects. Then while researching those components, there will be design tips and other information that will be universally useful in the future.
Component manufacturers usually have extensive amount of information in their application notes. They help on all aspects of designing circuits.
Theoretical tutorials and study materials are of course important, but FOR ME getting an inspiration for projects drives me to search for specific knowledge on different things... Learning things that I need for current projects.
It's obviously little bit different, if one's goal is to become professional and get a job in this field. Then this kind of "learn as you go" method isn't the best one. But again, that is the method I have used, so I don't have any tips for other learning methods.
Sorry for not having videos, books or other actual resources to share.
"Just do it" is my advice to anyone wanting to learn electronics.
Cheers!