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Re: Direct Laser.

2007-11-21 by mhel

... I plan to test this one day. I got a laserjetII sitting here. Maybe put the laser head on flatbed plotter-like and set it a few cm s above the pcb. Yes

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laser printing onto silkscreen material

2007-11-20 by Gus S Calabrese

I apologize for causing problems with linking. ( Although it is not obvious that there would be a linking problem ) Silkscreening means putting a mask on a

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] 4 layer pcbs

2007-11-20 by DJ Delorie

... The big advantage is that I don t have to route power and ground all over the place. You do have to think about each design and decide if it s worth the

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] 4 layer pcbs

2007-11-20 by Stefan Trethan

Ah, now i think i get it. You only connect the via to the outer layers, so you can solder, not to the layers in between. If you want to connect to the middle

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] 4 layer pcbs

2007-11-20 by DJ Delorie

... I ll try... = is copper, - is some other boundary, # is solder, W is wire, copper marked with * is drilled before taping layers together: Through via:

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct Laser.

2007-11-20 by Stefan Trethan

Not sure if the laser will work together with the rotating mirror in a printer (if it is still strong enough to burn something). But it s an idea. ST

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] 4 layer pcbs

2007-11-20 by Stefan Trethan

Well, all of the above really. I don t understand how you can solder the VIAs in between the boards, for example. Maybe you can like sketch a cross section?

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Re: Direct Laser.

2007-11-20 by mhel

... I m actually more interested on his other idea of replacing the laser diode of the printer but instead of UV one, use a laser diode from a dvd burner. I

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Direct Laser.

2007-11-20 by Stefan Trethan

Well, good luck to him but he isn t yet there by a long way. Also, remember that breadboard has no continous copper layer to short the HV out, so even if it

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Direct Laser.

2007-11-20 by mhel

hi group, here s another approach I found if it s not posted here yet. http://www.warrantyvoidifremoved.com/posts/2007-03-01/pcb-printer-progress

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laser printing onto silkscreen material

2007-11-19 by agscal -AGSCalabrese

I apologize if this is a well worn topic. I have no information about this. Has anyone put silkcreening material though a laser printer and direct printed to

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4 layer pcbs

2007-11-19 by DJ Delorie

I had this idea for home-brew four layer pcbs, and finally got around to trying it. It seems to work, too! You need a few special items: * Thinner than usual

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Re: PCB DESIGN industry standard

2007-11-15 by Bob_xyz

... On every pin-limited EDA package that I ve seen, a 250 pin limitation means that you can have no more than 250 individual component pins on a layout. Each

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Re: PCB DESIGN industry standard

2007-11-15 by Ben

AutoCad can do just about anything you want but it is very expensive. Not sure if anyone has mentioned DipTrace, give it a try, you can download a free version

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