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| − | Calum's demo used MICROTRAK single sided boards, in 35um copper thickness, 1.6mm thick board. You can buy them here: http://www.megauk.com/pcb_laminates.php though I think they have a minimum order, rapid electronics also sells them. Exposed to the UV light with an acetate | + | Calum's demo used MICROTRAK single sided boards, in 35um copper thickness, 1.6mm thick board. You can buy them here: http://www.megauk.com/pcb_laminates.php though I think they have a minimum order, rapid electronics also sells them. Exposed to the UV light was for 6 minutes with an acetate sheet printed at any random shop. Developing and etch times will vary depending on temp and some other factors - but 2.5 minutes for developing is a decent place to start, and 10-20 minutes for etching. Traces less than 10mils in width will need careful judging of exposure/development/etch times. |
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Revision as of 16:07, 25 January 2017
This page is used to track training sessions for the PCB etch station and UV Exposure Box
Don't create training sessions yourself, they are announced on the mailing list when posted.
Details on training can be found at PCB Etch Training.
Signup for training sessions here.
Training
Training will include;
- Cutting the board
- Exposing it to UV using a transparancy
- Stripping the exposed photoresist
- Etching the board
- Identifying errors
- Tidying up afterwards
Training notes
Calum's demo used MICROTRAK single sided boards, in 35um copper thickness, 1.6mm thick board. You can buy them here: http://www.megauk.com/pcb_laminates.php though I think they have a minimum order, rapid electronics also sells them. Exposed to the UV light was for 6 minutes with an acetate sheet printed at any random shop. Developing and etch times will vary depending on temp and some other factors - but 2.5 minutes for developing is a decent place to start, and 10-20 minutes for etching. Traces less than 10mils in width will need careful judging of exposure/development/etch times.
Upcoming sessions
18:30 Tuesday 24th January 2017
- Insert NAME + Hackspace member no
- 1 Trevor Daniel
- 2 Maheemal K.B.- HS06983
- 3 Tomas Pokorny - HS09776
- 4 Paul Lessing - HS04864