Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:41:44 +0100, Mike Phillips <mikep_95133@...>  
wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I thought I had my pcb design files right. But they were not. With a
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> set of files at work and a set at home, I got confused. Forgot what
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> changes needed to be made before fab.
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> So I decided since last summer that I just don't have the time now
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> for making my own boards and went with Futurlec.com, that is until I
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> wore out my welcome with 5 pcb changes. Sigh. So they stopped
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> corresponding with me. The price sure was good.

That's your fault then. If someone wanted to change the files 5 times i'd  
tell him to go and bother someone else as well.
You have to get some better revision management.

> So now that the board is correct, I went with
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> https://www.barebonespcb.com/!BB1.asp and actually placed the bare
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> bones order with them today. I'm spending the money because this
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> project needs to get done.
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> Once I get the boards I still have to poulate 104 of them with smt
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> parts. That's going to be fun.
>
> Mike

Be sure to use paste and a oven. It is amazing how much faster you can do  
things if they are all the same. I like to do them in batches, because i  
find it too boring to to them all simultaneously step by step. Apply paste  
to 10, place parts on 10, solder 10, repeat 10 times and you are done ;-)

>
> PS I hope the board actually works....

Well, since you have verified that with a prototype that should not be a  
problem. Only a fool would make 104 boards without a prototype, right?

ST