I want to send a board I have designed to BatchPCB.com
If you don't mind I have some questions...
1) How do I make the gerber files? I tried and I failed... the site wouldn't accept them.
2) When I make homemade PCB I avoid joining components directly to the top layer (I use a via) because its hard to solder the top layer. Am I correct in thinking this (and vias) won't be a problem. The printing process will deal with them.
3) What do I need to do about solder resist etc... Do I need a special layer or something for this?
2) When I make homemade PCB I avoid joining components directly to the top layer (I use a via) because its hard to solder the top layer. Am I correct in thinking this (and vias) won't be a problem. The printing process will deal with them.
The poured copper will sink much of the heat from the source. Avoid using vias and instead use thermal pads in the plane, which will sink much less heat when solding.
I assume you are talking of a solder mask to prevent solder bridging. The solder mask should be specified in the order to the board house, so if necessary provide the file with the gerber, drill file, etc.
The poured copper will sink much of the heat from the source. Avoid using vias and instead use thermal pads in the plane, which will sink much less heat when solding.
I assume you are talking of a solder mask to prevent solder bridging. The solder mask should be specified in the order to the board house, so if necessary provide the file with the gerber, drill file, etc.
After re-reading what you wrote initially, I realized you may not be talking about either a power or ground plane with poured copper about the component tie points...my apologies if I made an assumptive error and confused you. I have attached a graphic that displays an isolated pad, a solid pad in a pour and a thermal pad to display the differences, which should display my original interpretation and to show the differences…maybe for your future reference.
But then that begs the question why you have a problem soldering from one side or the other if no heat sink exists. Perhaps you could explain the issues/circumstances you are having in those cases.
Could you please upload or send the *.brd to me? I'll try to help you, without any conditions, of course. I do not ask you to my company processing in return . We just forum friends.
I would consider it anyway!
Do you offer cheap processing for one off 2x2 inch boards (double sided)?
What about A4 (double sided) sized boards (I could need 1 of these, I could need 10. Will find out later)?
I have a couple of boards I intend to make home brew and a couple I intend to make professionally.
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I love that you managed to make the board single sided, means I can include it in the homebrew section now
From comparing the previous schema and the new one, I can see you recreated some of the parts (namely ground/vcc). What was the reason for this? (I might learn something)