Difference between revisions of "Techniques"

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Toner Transfer -- This method involves laser printing your PCB design onto paper, then transferring toner onto copper-clad board.
Photoetching -- Exposure of PCB designs onto photosensitized copper-clad board.
Chemical Etchants

Submitting PCB's for fabrication -- Common processes for submitting PCB's for fabrication.
PCB Manufacturers

Some people still build circuits without ever using any software tools. For complicated circuits, software design tools can save a lot of time.

schematic capture, simulation, PCB layout.

In no particular order:

(Should I make a huge grid here, with checkmarks for "runs on Mac", "runs under Linux", "open source", "includes autorouter", etc. ?)

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 ** [[Hot air soldering]]
 * [[Rework]] -- Techniques for fixing mistakes.
+== software design tools ==
+Some people still build circuits without ever using any software tools.
+For complicated circuits, software design tools can save a lot of time.
+schematic capture, simulation, PCB layout.
+In no particular order:
+* gEDA http://geda.seul.org/ ; [http://geda.seul.org/wiki/ gEDA wiki] -- free version; open source
+* McCAD http://mccad.com/ -- free demo version available
+* Protel DXP http://altium.com/ ; [http://techref.massmind.org/techref/app/protel.htm independent Protel users FAQ]
+* Eagle  http://cadsoftusa.com/ ; http://cadsoft.de/ ; [http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/PCB/eagle-output-tutorial.htm Eagle tutorial from Sparkfun] ; [http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/how_to_make_a_custom_library_p.html another Eagle tutorial] -- free demo version available
+''(Should I make a huge grid here, with checkmarks for "runs on Mac", "runs under Linux", "open source", "includes autorouter", etc. ?)''
+Another [http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbcads.htm list of software design tools at the Massmind].