Steve2381
Senior Member
Hi all
I have had a go (no laughing) at designing a single sided PCB.
Then I found some PCB in the workshop and was going to have a go at making this, but I have a feeling that isn't going to end well!
I read you can print onto a magazine page using a laser printer, and then iron that onto the board. I could not even get the laser printer to accept magazine pages without it jamming
Do you think the tracks are a little narrow to etch at home?
I can't find any online companies that will produce this for a reasonable cost. Perhaps I need to invest in some photo etching kit.
Can anyone see any obvious newbie errors on this pcb (layout, not the actual circuit)
There is a mix of SMT and DIL IC's purely because that is what I have here, and I can't get all of them in the same format
I am pretty sure I should have bigger supply 'lines' etc. I wasn't sure how to approach making a PCB... so larger 0v and 5v lines are probably hard to add now.
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I will have another go later this week at making a dual sided PCB, then I can get rid of the topside links (although I actually managed to end up with less of them than I thought)
I have had a go (no laughing) at designing a single sided PCB.
Then I found some PCB in the workshop and was going to have a go at making this, but I have a feeling that isn't going to end well!
I read you can print onto a magazine page using a laser printer, and then iron that onto the board. I could not even get the laser printer to accept magazine pages without it jamming
Do you think the tracks are a little narrow to etch at home?
I can't find any online companies that will produce this for a reasonable cost. Perhaps I need to invest in some photo etching kit.
Can anyone see any obvious newbie errors on this pcb (layout, not the actual circuit)
There is a mix of SMT and DIL IC's purely because that is what I have here, and I can't get all of them in the same format
I am pretty sure I should have bigger supply 'lines' etc. I wasn't sure how to approach making a PCB... so larger 0v and 5v lines are probably hard to add now.
View attachment 19516 View attachment 19515
I will have another go later this week at making a dual sided PCB, then I can get rid of the topside links (although I actually managed to end up with less of them than I thought)