Re: Newbie Question
2006-05-01 by Andrew
... The _WAY_ (in big capitals with underlining) is still photographic. For quality of board, repeatability, freedom from process variation, speed
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Cleaning Boards prior to whatever (including inkjet printing)
2006-05-01 by Chris Horne
I don t know if I am missing something, but I have always cleaned boards one of two ways. When the board is good quality and pretty flat on the surface I use
[Homebrew_PCBs] RE : Cutting FR4
2006-05-01 by Robert Hedan
I ve switched to using small cutting disks from grinders onto my miter saw. Thin cutting disks do not wear out on FR4, nothing substantial anyways. Sheers
Re: Cutting FR4
2006-05-01 by Andrew
... I don t know how easy it would be to do the large cuts first spoken of. Also you still need the space suit. Though for small cuts I have used a small
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Newbie Question
2006-05-01 by Stefan Trethan
Because if we didn t look into new, superior ways of doing things, you would still do layouts like in the early 80 s, or before. ST On Sun, 30 Apr 2006
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutting FR4
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
I use a hand lever shear, like this one: they are relatively cheap compared to bench shears
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Newbie Question
2006-04-30 by Lez
... Well for me its the speed of prototyping boards, fast small scale production runs, and low cost, and of course dependable results. You can see if it looks
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Andrew
... Wow - I am realy amazed at the quality of these. I don t think I would give up photographic for ink-jet exclusivly. But I would pay a few grand to
Newbie Question
2006-04-30 by William Carr
... Hi. I m new to the group, can I ask a newbie question? Why the emphasis on development of a direct inkjet process? From High School in the early 80 s, I
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet ?
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:09:07 +0200, fenrir_co ... But looking at the time to visit a shop even relatively close by the shipping
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by lcdpublishing
Well, if it helps take away some of the withdrawl pains, the show isn t nearly as good now as it used to be. It is getting much more hollywood :-( Chris --
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet ?
2006-04-30 by Lez
... Please dont knock cheap off ebay, it comes out the same chinese factory as any megabuck product, but without the markup for the brandname and box. I bought
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Volkan Sahin
Summary of the inkjet PCB steps (mostly cut and paste from previous e-mails), -Using Scotch-Brite and Ajax with Bleach I cleaned the board. -Using Tarn-X I
Re: Inkjet ?
2006-04-30 by fenrir_co
... Staples carries a Jet Tec resetter for about $10, not all stores have it though so call ahead first. Yes, you can get them for $1-3 on eBay... plus $10
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet ?
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:36:44 +0200, cristian ... ebay has it. ST
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Inkjet ?
2006-04-30 by cristian
... Where to buy it, please. Cristian
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:16:29 +0200, lcdpublishing ... _did_ watch beeing the terrible reality, doesn t play on any channels i can see right now.. ST
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by lcdpublishing
I figured you would see the humor in that one - you watch that show too :-) ... this ... will ... year of ... episode ... playing ... fast ... mixer ... figure
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE : refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:50:31 +0200, Robert Hedan ... ok, the one with the hose is MIS-FADP. ST
[Homebrew_PCBs] RE : refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Robert Hedan
There is no MIS-BADPT in the accessories list, only MIS-BADP. Robert
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] RE : refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:32:02 +0200, Robert Hedan ... There s two types, one has a little hose added, maybe that s the difference? ST
[Homebrew_PCBs] RE : refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Robert Hedan
http://www.inksupply.com/c86_slc_refill.cfm 3. ... Next, remove the needle from the end of syringe and attach the bottom fill adapter (MIS-BADPT). Draw out 1
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Steve
... important ... That s what I ve been saying. Volkan, if you posted your settings I missed them. Could you tell us what you have the printer driver settings
Re: refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Steve
Depends on the cartridge. The C6x and C8x series cartridges have valved on both the ink outlet -and- air inlet. Making the stock cartridges very hard to fill.
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:02:10 +0200, lcdpublishing ... LOL, now that is so incredibly stupid it may just have been me. No, actually i don t think so, i have too
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
maybe those use such a strange negative pressure vaccum do it wrong and you have a flood thing HP used to use... ST
Cutting FR4
2006-04-30 by William Kroyer
This may seem like a silly and basic question but, I ve got a bunch of 36 X48 sheets of FR4 that I need to cut down. Nothing I ve tried seems to work. At
refilling spongeless
2006-04-30 by Lez
I have just found a uk site that do a spongless cartirdge for my printer (t007) (wished I could find a t009) They also sell pigment inks etc so I thought I was
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Alan King
... Epson rebate, no doubt take a while but haven t heard many real complaints on them in case anyone is wondering.. ... Taking Paypal payments, and since most
[Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Robert Hedan
SAVE $30 after mail-in rebate(s)
[Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Robert Hedan
I just did a shopping cart for my C84, just waiting to finalize the mechanics and get the printer back up and sliding before ordering. My resetter was
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Alan King
... http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/product_info.asp?product_code=334195&pfp=cat3 If the Durabright ultra inks themselves are useable, this one is on sale
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by lcdpublishing
Damn! Those are some fine looking boards again! I sure hope this all don t turn into on of those P.F.M. type things where it will only work for person X,
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
I put the high-res images into the same folder as before: I think i can see pizza wheel marks there. But they don t seem to have
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Stefan Trethan
You can get chip resetters for all epson on ebay for well less than $10. 59,95 must surely be wrong for the resetter. Also note that some printers can be reset
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Volkan Sahin
Hi Cristian, Inks are ok. ... the most etch ... worst one is black. In ... and yellow to generate ... Is this the right MIS order? 1. Wide format Funnel Fill
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by cristian
... Is this the right MIS order? 1. Wide format Funnel Fill Cartridge #CFZ-T5431-PK-FF $38 2. AutoReset Chip, Black, for 4600
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] UV plotting
2006-04-30 by Alan King
... No tests, the light output of the LED is simply in the same 390-420 nm range needed for the film coating exposure. There s a ton of output power in a UV
Re: Red Laser Diode Rotating Drum Photo Plotter
2006-04-30 by Andrew
... Opps - sorry - andrew was fairly obviously on drugs when he wrote that. The error would not accumulate would be a maximum of 1 pixel plus proccesor lag (
Re: UV plotting
2006-04-30 by warrenbrayshaw
Elektor magazine (May 2006)has a construction article for a UV LED light box. http://www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] UV plotting
2006-04-30 by cristian
... Alan, please be more specific: have you tested with positive results? At what resolution? What UV power and how long for, let say 10x16cm, 50% traces
Thin PCB supplier
2006-04-30 by Robert Hedan
Here s the confirmed info I promised for the other supplier. Those of you who will not be able to convert printers to accept standard 0.062 thick PCB will be
Re: UV plotting
2006-04-30 by Andrew
... I think if you search the archive this idea with solid state UV emitters has been discussed. I don t remember the exact numbers but I seem to recall
Re: Red Laser Diode Rotating Drum Photo Plotter
2006-04-30 by Andrew
... control loops. P = add and subtract PID != add and subtract ... ... I did say for no good reason. I am not a mechanic. I don t know if the
UV plotting
2006-04-30 by Alan King
... Just did a little looking, and sure enough the UV LEDs I have are in the correct range for exposing a board. Should ve thought of that a year ago.. Saw
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Red Laser Diode Rotating Drum Photo Plotter
2006-04-30 by Alan King
A bit OT and longish, but other people might want to see how to run the software PLL with only a few adds and subtracts.. ... Of course the good philosophy,
Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-30 by Steve
... Very nice! Email the high res images to me and I ll upload them to my website. alienrelics(at)yahoo(dot)com Steve Greenfield
Re: Direct inkjet resist printing using MIS pigmented inks
2006-04-30 by Steve
... Not necessarily bad. Toner transfer must be done just right to be successful, as must photo-resist and anything else. We re just figuring out what just
Re: Red Laser Diode Rotating Drum Photo Plotter
2006-04-29 by cunningfellow
... OK - I understand where your coming from now. Still I would prefer to PLL a pixel clock from the motor rather than try regulate the speed of a motor to
Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Direct inkjet resist on 1.6mm FR4 results
2006-04-29 by Volkan Sahin
In my previous experiments I realized that yellow is the most etch resistant one, second is magenta third is cyan and worst one is black. In color black