[chbot] Making a PCB

Andrew Errington a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk
Mon Apr 5 02:18:18 BST 2010


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>> I'd like to make a few small PCBs.  What's a good, affordable, way of
>> making a PCB with a reasonable (~1 week) turn around?  Turn around is
>> more important than price.  The boards would be two layer at most with
>> TQFP (0.8 mm pitch) packages at worst.
>>
>>
>> The toner transfer method works OK but there's always one part of the
>> board that lifts off.  Photoresist boards are too expensive.  Both
>> ideally need a good etch tank.  There's a ton of manufacturers out there
>> but I've got no idea how to choose between them :)

Never used them, but they crop up regularly:

http://www.expresspcb.com/ExpressPCBHtm/HowWorks.htm

Best wishes,

Andrew




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