Homebrew PCBs

Before I started using the free version of DipTrace, I made a few boards in CorelDraw.

I started copying this board by just loading it up as a background image and scaling it to actual size:
http://www.polyphoto.com/tutorials/LaserTag/ESSSensor01.jpg

I don't see any way to import a raster image into DipTrace, but I'm new to it.

Steve Greenfield

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Surf Thenet <surf@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
> 
> Anyone play Stargate at the arcades growing up?  The original Stargate
> arcade boards came with a daughter PCB, a scab used by Williams
> Electronics to fix a design problem late in production.
> 
> This is what I am talking about:
> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/picture.php?albumid=89&pictureid=560
> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/picture.php?albumid=89&pictureid=559
> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/picture.php?albumid=89&pictureid=558
> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/picture.php?albumid=89&pictureid=557
> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/picture.php?albumid=89&pictureid=556
> 
> This shows the daughter board mounted on the main PCB:
> http://www.robotron-2084.co.uk/jpegs/R8948.jpg
> 
> So I need one of these daughter boards; they are of course no longer
> in production.
> 
> How much of a stretch of the imagination is it to create one of these
> one sided PCB's from a picture of a real one?
> 
> I understand the basics of the toner transfer method: get a reverse
> image ready, print with laser jet onto cheap glossy magazine paper,
> iron onto board stock, etch in HCl and H2O2, wipe clean with acetone,
> drill thru holes.  Sounds easy enough, BUT... what software would I
> use to go from the photo to the reverse image of the final PCB? Will
> any laser printer work? I took chemistry in school, so the etching
> does not scare me, how do I drill the holes?
> 
> TIA,
> Saltbreez
> 
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