Epson C45
2006-09-04 by Bill Maxwell
Anybody familiar with the Epson C45? One is available locally but I have no idea whether it might be suitable for direct pcb printing conversion. Bill
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by Stefan Trethan
... Target has tools to place elements in round patterns, you specify number, diameter, angle etc... In most programs you may find a function to rotate
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by \M
One problem I feel when working with PCB CAD-programs is that you can easily operate and design in an X-Y plane but tubesockets and ICs in TO5 cans have their
Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by adastra_2001
... libraries ... make ... as ... for a ... paper ... use ... the ... as ... then ... your ... Thanks for the method. I will keep this email. At present, I
Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by jdizzlemynizzal
... Simple measurement technique: Take a bottle of ink and place on leads of tube. Take a piece of paper and blot the tube down on to it. Creating the part
Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by jdizzlemynizzal
... I remember seeing a webpage site that used hot glue to make a socket for a tube. Basically he made the socket by getting a plastic cube cutting drilled
Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by adastra_2001
... yes tube sockets for PCB are still available. Both 9 pin and Octal. Try: http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/tubesockets.html other places have them too.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: tubes
2006-09-04 by YD
... Are there still sockets for PCBs? All I find around here are chassis mounts. The only time I ever made a tube equipment with a PCB I just placed the
Re: PCB Plotter
2006-09-04 by Steve
... On a side note, I just posted some info about converting pen plotters into vinyl/sign cutters on the signmaker list (I m listowner there, too).
Re: PCB Plotter
2006-09-04 by D
... I ve have ... new here, ... A dodo was a large, flightless bird, roughtly the size of a goose, that lived on the island of Mauritius. The dodo became
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... However it seems that because of the small schematic size, you pretty much do not need an eagle script, although it would be hanndy. A third-party program
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... Did I ever say DipTrace was better than Eagle?? You totally misinterpreted my answer to your question, I was simply trying to help you. I my self use a
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by scratch_6057
... Oh, Do you now? You Psychic? FWIW The Reason I needed to make diffrent nets diffrent colors was so that the schematic could be published for a group who
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
... No from the top. Moving it in like an S shaped pattern, slowly. Imagine it a bit like painting with a spray gun. Makes only sense with smaller boards (say
Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... We all know that. ... Moving it about where? The bottom side of the board perhaps.
Re: RE : [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
... You must use too much airflow or something. I have no trouble at all to take off individual components of something like a densely populated harddrive,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: tubes
2006-09-03 by Leon Heller
... From: adastra_2001 To: Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:18 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re:
Re: tubes
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... Yeah i m always having to create my own libraries, danm companies want 7,000 from you so that you can retrieve databases that you can create on your own
Re: tubes
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... Circuit Maker 2000 Pro comes with tube parts for SPICE analysis. The program is so old now though, that it isnt worth buying it from one of those
Re: tubes
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... Heard you loud and clear. Nobody wants to reinvent the wheel but sooner or later making your own parts from time to time becomes necessary.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iro
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:36:39 +0200, jdizzlemynizzal ... You apply solder and flux in some form, usually a paste with small solder particles in it, but in a
RE : [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... Well, with small SMDs and high density placement, trust me, you wouldn t want to use a hot air tool for soldering at all. Even when desoldering, where the
Re: tubes
2006-09-03 by adastra_2001
... downloaded them and I will try them. As far as the reluctance to make my own library parts, yes that has a little to do with it as well as the difficulty
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:49:22 +0200, jdizzlemynizzal ... the 700 pin commercial. just updated to v12. ST
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:42:40 +0200, Leon Heller ... So what - they ll just solidify again. It depends on what nozzle you use. With the oven you can do an
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... helpful to ... bands ... Which T3001 are you using? PCB-Pool(tm) version (AKA unlimited free version) or the trial, commercial?
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... I know exactly why you want nets to be different colors. DipTrace lets you check for full net-to-pin connection when you move the cursor over the wires, it
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Leon Heller
... From: Stefan Trethan To: Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs]
Re: RE : [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:20:05 +0200, Robert Hedan ... You can use cardboard or PCB pieces or something to shield sensitive components like lytics or plastic
Re: Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... Forget about Eagle CAD, ive had my woes with that program. Go for the free version of Dip Trace. It is the full version but with a limit of 250 Pins.
Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iro
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
... What is the procedure in Hot Air Reflowing?
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by Leon Heller
... From: scratch_6057 To: Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:43 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eagle
RE : [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Robert Hedan
... I have a hot air tool and used it infrequently so far. But the few times I did use it, the tool was very helpful tackling ICs like these. Proximity is
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
... 0.5mm pitch is no probem with TT, using a 600dpi printer. But it s best to make the pads slightly narrower than you d usually make them, since the toner
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:43:54 +0200, scratch_6057 ... May not interest you but target 3001 can do that, and on request they added
Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... Soldering may be the least of your worries if you re using TT. Spacing between pads is less than .008 .
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
... Can you re-phrase that so i get what you are saying? ST
Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... Geez, let me guess, you ve hot air reflowed a few SMD ICs in your time. Probably the only SMD component on the entire board. Otherwise, it would be
Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS?
2006-09-03 by scratch_6057
Eagle PCB Schematics : Multi Color NETS? Here [http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/photos/view/fa17? b=1&o=2] is a image of a Schematic Which I had
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
... That s just hot air. (forgive the pun). Even a single IC with 8 pins is quicker reflow-soldered than iron soldered. Reflowing without soldermask is no
Re: Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by derekhawkins
... Waste of time for an IC like that unless you re reflowing all components. And reflowing all components (a whole board) without soldermask is a disaster
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Leon Heller
... From: jdizzlemynizzal To: Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 6:10 AM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs]
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:10:50 +0200, jdizzlemynizzal ... Use paste and reflow it but you can still solder that with an iron and a magnifier in a pinch. The
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by william.kroyer@kilroysprojects.net
What I do with those really small smt packages is first tin the legs and then the pads. Then I get it lined up and just hit two catty-corner pins (ie pin 4
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by Volkan Sahin
For the fine pitch packages I am soldering one corner of chip and then doing fine alignment by checking opposite corner. If it is ok then I am soldering this
Anyone have experience on soldering US8 packages, with a fine tip solder iron?
2006-09-03 by jdizzlemynizzal
A datasheet that includes footprints and dimensions for the US8 package, http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/NC/NC7WZ08.pdf , this is incredibly small, its
Re: PCB Plotter
2006-09-03 by Steve
... I ve have ... new here, ... Yea, c mon guys, not everyone here is a jaded oldster with original posts in the 2 digits. If you search the archives for
RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: PCB Plotter
2006-09-03 by Len Shelton
Yes, it is a Roland. Sorry. I was thinking of the HP plotter that I ve have sitting on a shelf just waiting for a purpose. Maybe this is an old subject for
Re: PCB Plotter
2006-09-02 by derekhawkins
... I suspect the original poster sees a similarity with inkjet printing on copper (without the extreme modifications, brake fluid, curing, etc., etc., etc.)
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Plotter
2006-09-02 by Leon Heller
... From: Len Shelton To: Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 7:04 PM Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Plotter