{"id":175,"date":"2011-04-22T16:50:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T16:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2011-04-22T16:50:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T16:50:52","slug":"first-home-made-pcb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lushprojects.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/first-home-made-pcb\/","title":{"rendered":"First Home Made PCB"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most of my projects I either need quite dense PCBs that I get professionally made or I use point to point wiring techniques. At the moment though I am working on a new electronics kit under the working title of “Vibrati Punk Console” which is kind-of an “Atari Punk Console 2.0”. To validate the PCB design before sending the first batch for manufacture I decided to make a home made board. <\/p>\n

With great timing Matt Little<\/a> had just done a PCB workshop at Nottingham Hackspace<\/a> so I had good practical experience. Armed with a UV exposure box from the last DDRC Car Boot Sale<\/a> and a set of parts from Rapid Electronics I went out to make my PCB.<\/p>\n

I basically followed the tips from Mike Harrison’s guide<\/a>. For etching I used the Seno GS etching system which manages to keep 99.999% of the really nasty stuff in a bag.<\/p>\n

I was delighted that attempt number 1 yielded an almost perfect result.
\n\"Vibrati<\/a><\/p>\n

I made a second board as a backup, but that was a complete disaster. Once I developed the UV board you could see that the fine lines weren’t sharp and once I started etching they disappeared all together. Still not 100% sure what the problem was there. Possibly over-exposure to the UV or the mask not being completely flush to the board when it was exposed. Anyway one board was enough so as it was getting late I stopped there.<\/p>\n

One thing I would note for future builds – the “automatic” pad size in Eagle is too small for home made boards. Use larger pads than the eagle defaults to make your life easier.<\/p>\n

With the board drilled and everything mounted I am delighted to say it worked first time.
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