Photoetching

From OpenCircuits
Revision as of 00:08, 5 September 2007 by 221.15.145.199 (talk)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

media vedio fatu hiva dimm 512 magic bam sconsolata doughty charles montagu machina della grondaia il falco i quattrocento colpi film dvd srebrna krila hotel poster free boucheron jaipur uomo glay two bell silence foto ragazze gf5 rimes sloggy il venditore di morte abbigliamento cani schede video geforce 6200 tc pull me under promozioni natalizie wind mario vargas llosa amore imperiale batteria fotocamera sony bandiera irlanda stampante hp 3550 copertina age of empires 2 winter time acer monitor lcd 19 al1912s banda bassotti cd musicali cancello pagina jesus christ you are my life al ristorante dinner party stampanti laser canon 1120 ford fiesta 1998 culmann karl burc maroons midis free www lu n it marte sulla pace porristas com pc case completo omda ciro marina samsung fotocamera digitale digimax trova lavoro sondrio garmin street pilot abit duramax provincia bergamo monitor lcd 8 ms samsung volvo piacenza ati x600 256mb pro ddr pci-e toner xerox phaser 3450 sanitarios odell jonathan schede video dissipatori foto annunci coppie trapano demolitore pattinaggio cuando volveras rmx case di privati per vacanze ex ragazza eamon ufficio casale monferrato hongnhung jpg greisen nudismo in croazia cancer de mama coi piedi sul palco jej czarne oczy download cosa scrivere su partecipazioni matrimon catalogo moneta fetish garibaldi g forno nardi da cm 90 jave orleya plasma 37 il gigante di boston router ethernet motel connection two energia muscolare colori giotto fila epson c40ux renault clio 2005 il fuggitivo edizione speciale videos de juanes olympus 4 0 quattrocchi download video piazza pulita o zone dragostea tin tei video www comune di trento it miss culetto d oro maio william i don t wanna know carmencita get your frak on xdpicture card 1gb stampanti hp laserjet 4000 annuncio affitto ati radeon 9250 agp 4x allievi marescialli arma carabinieri la susi hotel pescara unghoangphuc la piramide bed and breakfast sony cybershot dscf828 8 megapixel 7x kelly osbourne live in london rs mmc card 512 dual voltage www sonymusic com hermes johann timotheus tiziano ferro imbranato e va e va testo tylene buck nude usb wireless ieee 802 11 ufficio del registro milano project gotham racing 2 sankt leonhard in passeier un uomo da abbattere alanis morissette live in the navajo nation monitor standard sayuki for real fotos nu gls transa obbligazione fantuzzi il pittore compaq tc4200 stivali 31 misteri di napoli imitazioni orologi la contessa di parma maroon five testo musicale gianna nannini sei anima piatto vetro abecedario ricco e strano foto bodybuilder piccola stella senza cielo 2003 gin and juice driver tsm100v volvo super polar 240 peppone e don camillo phono amplificatore amplificatori albreht fran motore marini usati indiana jones in azione su playstation 2 classificatore padrone gay hot lesbo gtr 400 lg 409 gqa giornale sicilia vanessa encontrada icone russe il cimitero del sole saund sistem otra noche don omar jennipher princess diana death km0 opel zafira auto km 0 bubble gioco calcio 3 bluetooth videocamera cellulari eleonora pedron profumi emporio armani passi di salsa fiat punto turbo io sono bugiarda bmw 535d shoio super gem miner 13 occhi verdi dell amore gps pretec bluetooth ragazze immagini gratis homecast s3000 ci gioco di paura motorola a835 java giochi exibart com art comunity the curse nokia auricolare 3310 maron 5 calendario 2005 carolina marconi dfi - lanparty nf4 sli dr eh 21 torta della nonna margate zen 30 gb mp3 real player vacanze a montecarlo sexviet com hp nx8220 pm 750 tavolo ping pong chiodi volkswagen polo x congelatori verticali rex pleasant dreams constructeurs hp ipaq rx3715 via voice router voice carletto americas army e il nuovo unreal engine 3 le avventure di pinocchio film dvd

Negative Film

Printed Circuit Boards I start with a hand drawn schematic. The schematic is then prototyped on a breadboard (prototype board). Breadboarding provides a test platform for circuit designs. If the circuit fails testing, then recommendations for improvements are made and the schematic is updated. Once a circuit is thoroughly tested and proven reliable then the circuit is entered into a CAD package for electronic storing, editing and printing.

A CAD software package was used to design the printed circuit board (PCB) layouts. The layouts are printed onto transparencies for the photo-fabrication process. The program chosen to design the layouts was Protel Advanced PCB version 2.8. The layouts are designed manually from the schematics. Protel allows the creation of a custom library of components. The CAD library consists of all the components used and their corresponding footprints. Each component in a schematic has a footprint. The footprint is the compilation of the dimensions and pin configurations of a component. The library components are designed with the aid of precision digital vernier calipers. Once a component is created in the library it can be placed in a design and traces routed to it.

The PCBs were made using a positive photo-fabrication process. This process is capable of producing high resolution, quality prototype boards. The PCB material used is a presensitized copper clad board. The boards are 1/16-inch single sided, fiberglass laminate with 1-ounce copper. Before exposing the boards I cut them to the desired dimentions.

Exposing the boards must take place in a darkroom since the boards are photosensitive. The presensitized copper clad boards are covered with a protective plastic laminate. Beneath the protective laminate is the resist coating over the copper. The protective laminate is removed before placing the transparency with the layout design onto the resist coating of the board. The board is then exposed for 5 minutes under a ultra-violet exposure lamp.

After being exposed the board is developed using the developing solution. The developing solution removes the resist coating that was exposed to UV light, exposing areas of copper. The resist coating remains over the copper areas protected by the layout design on the transparency.

The exposed copper is etched in a bubble-etching tank using Ammonium Persulfate solution. The Ammonium Persulfate ions have an affinity for copper and thus etch the exposed copper off the board, leaving the layout design protected by the resist coating.

The components used for the design are thru-hole and thus require holes to be drilled in the PCB for placement. The holes are drilled using carbide bits. Carbide bits are required to drill through the fiberglass laminate. Regular bits are not durable enough and wear out too quickly.


Populating the boards consists of placing the components corresponding to the bill of materials and the component silkscreen. The bill of materials provides the components part numbers and details. The silkscreen printout from the layout design provides the component location on the board.

The components are soldered on starting with jumper wires, resistors and working up to ICs and larger components.

External Links