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Re: HELP: D\Side Photo resist pcb

2008-07-17 by Howard

... Hi yes it is solid copper and positive resist pcb it has thu-hole components, but i can clear these with a drill bit, the rest of the components ground are

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HELP: D\Side Photo resist pcb

2008-07-17 by Howard

Hi Just had a thought about a board i have to do soon it needs to have a ground plane on the top side. Now i have got some d side photo resist board, and i was

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Re: CadSoft Eagle pads question

2008-07-12 by warrenbrayshaw

Follow the instructions in the Eagle tutorial to understand how to pour ground planes. This subject should be discussed in the eaglecad@yahoogroups.com group.

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Re: CadSoft Eagle pads question

2008-07-11 by alan00463

... everthing ... and the ... TO92 is ... would be ... pads as ... and ... Although I don t need a polygon now, I have used polygon to create a groundplane in

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Re: today's problem...

2008-07-10 by Lee Studley

I found that after the cleaning and steel wool, I would give a final wipe down with acetone or denatured alcohol, let if evaporate fully, and it made all the

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Re: CadSoft Eagle pads question

2008-07-10 by alan00463

Okay, thank you all for your quick replies. Now I understand that a pad marked 3,81/1,4 would make a 1.1mm diam. hole inside a 3.81 mm diameter pad.

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CadSoft Eagle pads question

2008-07-10 by alan00463

Looked through the freeware Eagle 4.16 s wirepads library. Its thirteen thru-hole pads and four SMD pads are more than adequate for what I m doing. However, in

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Re: etched 5/5 results

2008-07-09 by Richard Mustakos

I don t remember why I learned this, and I m sure it is bad for them, but whenever I use an iron or soldering iron, when I am done,and it is unplugged, I cool

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Re: today's problem...

2008-07-09 by Jon Elson

... Yup, I have seen a bit of this. I am no longer doing boards myself, the commercial shops are SO cheap, although I might do one every few years. But, I am

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Re: Anybody tried using decal paper ?

2008-07-09 by shroffja

Ah, Did not think about that, they mentioned somewhere that they also have rub on decals so I thought it might not be a full square film, but come to think of

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Re: Eyelet press recommendation

2008-07-09 by gnuvvekaavaali

... If you use separate vias, why bother with an eyelet? Just insert a snipped off lead (from a resistor, or cap?) and solder on both sides. Or am I missing

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-09 by fana cute

i want to have my own home brew PCB, and sell my product to mass market.. i have try again my method with diazol as photoresist, an baking it yesterday...thats

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Re: Anybody tried using decal paper ?

2008-07-08 by Ebbe

I don t think it s going to work. Mostly because the film will be full covering , not only cover where we want to keep the copper, but as one big square film.

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by DJ Delorie

... Not really. ... It s an Epson R280 at 2880x2880 dpi. It goes to 5760x2880 but the software prefers a 1:1 aspect ratio. I m using the Epson claria ink,

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[Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by Larry Battraw

... (snip) ... I had a few questions I ve been meaning to ask ever since I saw your incredible inkjet results. Do you have a detailed description of your

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by DJ Delorie

... With the pulsar paper and green film (which protects against pinholes and other toner-related problems), I ve managed 6.7 mil traces (four pixels wide on

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by Dylan Smith

... The method s great for one-offs or perhaps producing a couple of PCBs. I wouldn t dream of using it for more than that - it s just too time consuming, and

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by fana cute

I ve done with 8 mil track, good result after ironing, but some of track are disappear after etching...i etched in feric clorid at 70 C, almost 5 minute.. By

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by Dylan Smith

... I ve done 8 mil tracks/spacing (actually, I think it was 7.6 mil or thereabouts, it was for an LQFP with 0.4mm pin pitch) using laser toner transfer and

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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by Dylan Smith

... Don t laugh, I ve done it. Well, I was 17 at the time, didn t have a stand for the soldering iron so used to hook it to the radiator beside me. I d pick

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by fana cute

oke thanks djelorie, it works at 12 mils track, may i ask question again, have you tried with 8 or 6 mils with same methode? how the result? ... From: DJ

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-08 by fana cute

I ve tried to make my own PCB with glossy paper, it work good with 15 mils track, but i dont know the minimum track that work well with this method? Fana

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Anybody tried using decal paper ?

2008-07-07 by shroffja

Hi All, Ran into this site today http://www.decalpaper.com/category-s/3.htm and was wondering if these woul survive ferric chloride? This might help avoid some

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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] etched 5/5 results

2008-07-07 by Bertho Boman

Herbert, That is the funniest in a long time!!!!!!!! Bertho =================================== From: Herbert E. Plett Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:37 ...

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