How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

534b44a wrote: post #2

Cheap PCB rulers can be found on ebay. I had one bought for my professor as a bribery/flattery present when I was at the university.

The Nvidia one looks quite a bit nicer than your average eBay ruler though... full 12", two color silkscreen, ENIG finish, and some crazy tiny-pitch BGA footprints. The component layout is also not haphazard like most of the other rulers I've seen; it's much more of a work of art.

I definitely want one.

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by pppp » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:38 PM UTC

Adafruit makes a nice ruler for a reasonable price:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/1554

as did eevBlog:

https://www.eevblog.com/projects/uruler/

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by davidkuhta » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:42 PM UTC

pppp wrote: post #5

Adafruit makes a nice ruler for a reasonable price: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1554 as did eevBlog: https://www.eevblog.com/projects/uruler/

Thanks for sharing, I was wondering if others existed

Also, lol, eevBlog:

> A handy 7″ PCB ruler, don’t settle for an average 6 incher!

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by jquast » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:42 PM UTC

We have something similar these all over the office, they come free w/large orders from digikey and mouser I think

https://www.mouser.com/images/adi-engineering-discovery-pcbr...

https://www.digikey.com/catalog/en/partgroup/pcb-ruler-12inc...

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by rzzzt » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:45 PM UTC

pppp wrote: post #5

Adafruit makes a nice ruler for a reasonable price: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1554 as did eevBlog: https://www.eevblog.com/projects/uruler/

AvE also has one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/464202928/one-rule-to-ruler-the...

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by vvanders » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:52 PM UTC

davidkuhta wrote: post #6

pppp wrote: post #5

Adafruit makes a nice ruler for a reasonable price: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1554 as did eevBlog: https://www.eevblog.com/projects/uruler/

Thanks for sharing, I was wondering if others existed Also, lol, eevBlog: > A handy 7″ PCB ruler, don’t settle for an average 6 incher!

Dave Jones is a riot, his videos are equally hilarious and informative. If you're interested at all in modern electronics I highly recommend giving them a watch.

Re: How the Nvidia Ruler Measures Up

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Post by jaysonelliot » Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 6:55 PM UTC

pppp wrote: post #5

Adafruit makes a nice ruler for a reasonable price: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1554 as did eevBlog: https://www.eevblog.com/projects/uruler/

Looks like that Adafruit ruler is a branded version of the PCB rulers that are all over eBay. They all have the same design with the phrase "one PCB to RULER them all" on the back.