Agree with Tom, these days it makes no sense to make your own boards. There are so many shops these days these days that do boards in small numbers it’s a “no brainer”. Quality is far better than you would typically do yourself and once a Gurber file is made it is easy to get more boards made.
John From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Lafleur Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:7482] Home brew PCBs I given up on local board making, I just let shops in China make them and wait the two to three week to get them via China Post, or 4 to 5 day via DHL better board, tested, solder mask, silkscreen... On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Crusty OMO <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Todd, KiCad isn't very hard to learn, there's a youtube video tutorial on it. I've heard good things about direct transfer, but never used it. Photo resist is tricky, I've done it a few times and by the time you master it, you will waste several boards. Cheers, Josh _____ Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:07:48 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [N8VEM-S100:7481] Home brew PCBs I haven't etched a PCB since I was a teenager. Now I have the need to make some simple boards. They only need to be single sided using up to eight or so 16-20 pin Dips and a few caps, LEDs and what not. I don't need anything fancy as I will use my Laser printer. Eagle is $169 for the simple version, but this is too much as I only need to make a few boards. Whats available that is low cost that others may have used ? One more question, direct transfer or photo resist ?? Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ~~ _/) ~~~~ _/) ~~~~ _/) ~~~~ _/) ~~ Tom Lafleur -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
