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Re: Autorouters

2006-01-06 by leon_heller

I ve just taken a moderately complex double-sided board that I d routed manually, and routed it on the autorouter. I ve uploaded the two images to lcdpub

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Autorouters

2006-01-06 by Peter Harrison

... Do you have pictures of the hand-routed vs the autorouted versions of that board? For My own preference, I suspect i do not know how to best direct the

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Autorouters

2006-01-06 by Stefan Trethan

... Well, i just took one of my projects and deleted all traces (yes i saved under different name). Then i tried both autorouters that come with my software,

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New Laser Printer & Press and Peel Blue

2006-01-06 by kilocycles

Well, I just bought a Brother 2040 laser printer so I wouln t hav to keep running to the copy store, and tried it with Press and Peel Blue, my usual medium for

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Re: Neat Iron

2006-01-05 by mycroft2152

I was allowed to takw it out of the box by my daughter :) The black gasket material looked like the standard phenolic / thermoset resin. Didn t get to plug it

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Alan King

... Eagle works brilliantly for single sided. Only open the second layer for the correct passes and cost it properly and it will produce excellent patterns

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Re: Neat Iron

2006-01-05 by soffee83

Thanks! That does look nice. Simple too. I ve got flat aluminum plate on mine, but I ve never liked the section which attaches the original base to the iron

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Jose Fuentes

Autorouters work well with single sided boards, but only if you don t mind to have long tracks. I ve used some autorouters that seem to be pretty dumb, with

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Re: CUCL Temperature , etch time ?????

2006-01-05 by Bruno St-Laurent

... clear ... green it ... darker, ... Stefan about the H2O2 30% , you really mean 30% not volume 30 ???? cause today i found H2O2 volume 30, it s only 9%!!!!!

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Re: Autorouters

2006-01-05 by leon_heller

... parts are ... right ... still ... I can t see anything wrong with the pad that you mention, perhaps something was lost when I generated the GIF. I think

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Stefan Trethan

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:18:29 +0100, leon_heller ... Well, give me four layers and i route you that mess too ;-) I mean that s not really good routing, is it?

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Neat Iron

2006-01-05 by mycroft2152

For those of yo who are looking for a decent iron for Toner Transfer. I posted a photo in the the Mycroft2152 folder in the photo section. My daughter bought

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Re: Autorouters

2006-01-05 by leon_heller

... complex ... software ... I ve uploaded images of the most complex Pulsonix demo before routing and after to Files LCDpub They are routing1.gif and

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Stefan Trethan

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:27:09 +0100, Leon Heller ... They are always under 700 pins, cause that is the limit of the software ;-) Do you have pictures of

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Stefan Trethan

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:30:06 +0100, Leon Heller ... Yes, that s the point is was making. What good is the router if i did 99% of the work already? i mean once

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[Homebrew_PCBs] Autorouters

2006-01-05 by Stefan Trethan

What i don t understand about them - component placement is 99.9% of the routing - most autorouters don t change that, so how on earth can they ever be used by

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Re: Stereo zoom/boom microscope

2006-01-05 by Mike Phillips

I ve purchased 2 used Bauche and Lombe Stereo Microscopes over Ebay. Leica are the same microscopes with a light source. Even 20 years old the units are clear.

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] WinQCAD

2006-01-05 by Tony Harris

I used an older revision of their software for a while. At the time I found it a little difficult to use, but the recent release looks much nicer then what I

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Thermal Transfer Sheet Recommendation??

2006-01-05 by Mark Schoonover

Thanks for reading, I m getting back into designing PCBs for prototyping before sending out to a manufacturer. Any recommendations on thermal transfer sheets??

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Stereo zoom/boom microscope

2006-01-05 by derekhawkins

Need one of these for fine pitch SMD work. The microscopy groups have deemed just about all made in China to be crap unless they are Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon or

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WinQCAD

2006-01-05 by Mike Phillips

Has anyone tried WinQCAD for any part of their board process? http://www.winqcad.com/index.html Mike

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Re: Rookie confessions

2006-01-04 by Mike Phillips

This board is an smt version of a very old and tested circuit that was originally made with discrete parts. At least I know the circuit works. My board design

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Rookie confessions

2006-01-04 by Mike Phillips

Hi All, I thought I had my pcb design files right. But they were not. With a set of files at work and a set at home, I got confused. Forgot what changes needed

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Re: Water Soluble Paper

2006-01-04 by scratch_6057

... See previous postings under this subject for more information. UPDATE : Picture (200 dpi scan) posted of board using this water soluble paper. 20 mil and

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