Mint Tek Circuits

25/01/2017

Think you know your PCB design?

Enter this and put your skills to the test and see how you “stack up”. The winner will receive a PCB Soldering Kit and be featured in the next Designspark newsletter!

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18/01/2017

Honest and frank look at getting to Year 3

The startup that I am co-founder of, Mint Tek Circuits, has just emerged from the Valley of Death. We are not yet completely out of the danger zone, but we believe the worst is behind us. The valley of death refers to the period in the early stage of a startup before it is generating positive cash f...

04/01/2017

Building Beautiful Boards With Star Simpson http://ow.ly/mdbN508cWbR

Over the last decade or so, the cost to produce a handful of custom PCBs has dropped through the floor. Now, you don't have to use software tied to...

08/12/2016

Check out the Mint Tek top 10 technology gift recommendations, including the QuadBot from ENGIMAKE, Sugru rubber, the BellabeatLeaf activity tracker and the Freedrum drum kit you can bring anywhere!
https://mint-tek.com/top-10-technology-gift-recommendations/

We know some of you are organised and have had your Christmas shopping finished since November, but we are also pretty sure that there are a few stragglers amongst you that are still putting your list together. This blog is for you! We’ve talked to the Mint Tek team and to our customers to try to fi...

02/11/2016

We caught up with DanElliott about the Do's and Don'ts of your on the DesignSpark RS Components tech hub. http://ow.ly/cztm305My0k

02/11/2016

The Makerbot Replicator+ is still the easiest 3D printer on the market http://ow.ly/Gzxv5062nJt

3D printing is in a bit of a doldrums. The novelty has worn off and the limited utility of the technology has been made clear. The bloom is...

02/11/2016

DCA Design’s helmet concept gives you a 360º view with heads-up display visor http://ow.ly/Ec6f5062r5G

DCA Design, a Warwick, UK based industrial design firm, has put forth a prototype bicycle helmet dubbed Optic, offering a rear facing camera and a...

01/11/2016

An Irish health startup bankrolled by Starbucks' head honcho just raised $40m http://ow.ly/eRR55062r5E

The Republic’s sovereign wealth fund was also part of the series A investment.

01/11/2016

How-To Tip for Automating Components in Circular Shapes in Eagle http://ow.ly/hoSR5062pFe

Inspired by the TicTocTrac class/project, YouTuber Vikas V came up with this nift trick for populating an array of components in Eagle, and then...

17/10/2016

Our CEO Siobhan Ni Chofaigh recently visited the Censis Iot Conference and put together a proposal with 2 other companies to demonstrate the ease of building a connected device
https://mint-tek.com/design-build-an-iot-device/

05/10/2016

We love the new RS Components DesignSpark website. We are delighted to be their PCB supply partners!
https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pcb-quote-who-are-mint-tek-circuits

Mint Tek Circuits provides a free and competitive quotation service to order prototype PCB’s from inside our award winning DesignSpark PCB CAD software and our website’s PCB Quotation area.

29/08/2016

Check out the latest Mint Tek hardware digest!

Facebook may be primarily known as a software company but the social network has built a new 22,000-square-foot hardware lab at its headquarters in Menlo Park.