Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching

Making your own printed circuit board can be a truly satisfying process, tying together electronics and the handmade craft of etching. It's the most accurate way to build a circuit short of sending away to a PCB manufacturer and it's a lot more fun (+ cheaper too!). For a full list of materials used plus more tips for etching & drilling head over to MAKE's site - blog.makezine.com
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Make Your Own Printed Circuit Boards on a Laserjet!

This week, I collaborated with Xander to show you how to make your own printed circuit boards (PCBs) using a laserjet printer.
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DIY Printed circuit board

My personal experience with heat toner transfer method of making PCB. All chemicals used in PCB manufacturing should be available at electronic hobby shop or can be found online. There's list of product distributors at manufacturer's web site www.mgchemicals.com My DIY tutorials and fun projects at www.apdigitallight.com
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PCB Design For Manufacture Tutorial - EEVblog #127

A how-to guide to taking your electronics project from prototype through to high volume PCB manufacture. Covers component selection and purchasing, SMD, DFM, PCB panelisation, gerber generation, drill files, pick and place files, and more.
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Whither PCBs?

PCBs were widely used for decades until it was realized they posed serious health threats. Bans stopped their use, but their presence remains. In 2009 General Electric began dredging PCBs from the Hudson River. As the first phase of the PCB clean-up draws to a close, Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, gives the PCB backstory from the lab to the manufacutring plant. Then Duke alum David Rosoff picks up the story, explaining A to Z of the Hudson River dredging project.
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Prototype PCB Soldering Demo 1

Simple prototype PCB soldering with Aoyue 852A+ Rework Station and Aoyue 853A Preheater. aoyue.de or http Music: song: The Lost Coast artist: Ivan Rosenberg album: The Lost Coast length: 3:14 genre: Country & Folk
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Circuit board design

A simple circuit board is designed with Circuit Wizard and Techsoft PCB Design and Make
Complete PCB Cycle Design to Production

In the PCB layout phase, NexLogic engineers create board files and identify its netlist which is a connections list between different components on a board. This step is followed by library creation for components, whereby engineers review the component datasheets containing mechanical dimensions, footprints, package types, symbols, decals and pad stacks. www.nexlogic.com www.facebook.com
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PCB Etching, Dying and Tinning

This video shows a method for transferring a laser printed circuit onto standard copper clad, it also shows how to dye your board and how to coat the tracks in tin. More information is available from www.sonodrome.co.uk Join our forum at http Check out my newer method for staining PCBs here; www.youtube.com
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How To Make PCB using Toner Transfer method in 7 simple steps

Easily make a PCB using Toner Transfer method with laser printer, glossy paper and ferric chloride. Printed Circuit Boards is extremely easy to make. Just try it! More information on this video: jumperone.com And you can find more cool stuff on jumperone.com Keywords: PCB, toner transfer, laser printer, DIY, make, paper, photo paper, laser, electronic, iron, low cost, easy, jumperone, tutorial
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Printed Circuit Board EL Display - Lets Make Retro Hand Held Games

Jeri shows how to make electroluminescent (E) displays with etched circuit boards and Luxprint EL ink. Great for 7 segment and retro hand held games. Experimenters kit sold here sites.google.com
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Finding PCB layout defects

This is a method using pulse injection to find problems in printed circuit boards that may cause field or EMC compliance problems. This is intended for Design, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers and Technicians of electronic products.
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Elektor PCB Prototyper

A compact, professional PCB router for producing complete PCBs quickly at very high accuracy. The PCB Prototyper is an ideal tool for use not only by independent developers of electronics but also in laboratories, workshops, schools and colleges where prototype PCBs have to be developed quickly. The Elektor PCB Prototyper eradicates waiting for boards from large PCB manufacturers -- instead you can instantly make your own PCB in-house, drastically cutting product development time. More info at www.elektor.com
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PCB Design Layout Process Part 2

When it comes to PCB design layout, there are multiple steps which are involved in this process.In this tutorial video, we will go over steps 4, 5 and 6 which are; Component placement, routing and post processing. www.nexlogic.com www.facebook.com
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PCB Copper Panel Plating Through-Hole / Via Tutorial

This should only be performed by someone who has some knowledge of safe chemical handling practices. The plating solution and chemicals are toxic and highly corrosive. This video shows how to panel plate a piece of copper clad board while also plating the through-holes and vias. Here are some links to some more information that you will need... Copper Electroplating Recipe: www.thinktink.com Note that Copper Gleam CLX is replaced with Polyethylene Glycol 3350 in my solution. Also, the quantities will have to be adjusted and scaled depending on the amount of solution you want to make and the sulfuric acid concentration you will be using. Copper Electroplating Formulas: www.thinktink.com Basically it is, [ ( L x W x Number of Sides ) / 144 ] x Desired ASF Current = Plating Current So using the board in the video it is, [ ( 2.75 x 3.8 x 2 ) / 144 ] x 10 = 1.45 A Normally, I would demonstrate the making of the solution, but I had already prepared the solution a couple of months ago.
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2x copper PCB

Quality Component. The benefits of 2 oz Copper PCB design: Lower Temperature, 2x Lower Impedance, Better Overclocking, Lower EMI, Better Power Efficiency, Better ESD Protection.
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Homemade inkjet pcb printer-1

My homemade flatbed inkjet printer in action. It is based on Epson inkjet head and my homemade electronics+SW. It can print down to 4/4 mil (width/space). For more information visit yahoo group Inkjet_PCB_Construction. Thanks for watching.
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I have modified a ink-jet printer to print on pcb, it just need a little push to goes through feeder. You can find pictures of rear printer at following address, as Printer Rear.jpg and printer Rear&top.jpg. cncartus.com I usually use etch resist ink (MIS PRO YELLOW.MP-4-Y) for better result
Making double layer PCBs at home

Small tutorial, how to make PCBs at home, using photoresist methode. Best: Developing solution: Sodium Metasilicate (Product code ex: Seno 4007) Etching solution: Sodium persulfate - Na2S2O8 (Product code ex: B327)
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PCB Converter for Google SketchUp

PCB Converter is the latest FREE tool available from RS Components. PCB Converter for SketchUp allows designers to import Intermediate Data Format (IDF) files into Google SketchUp. The new module adds a 3D CAD back-end capability to PCB design tools and takes SketchUp into the electronic product design domain. Visit bit.ly to download the software
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iPhone WiFi Repair: Oven Fix (Reflowing the PCB) - also works on iPod Touch

How to repair iPhone WiFi in the Oven (or, How to Reflow the PCB). I fixed my iPhone wifi problem by following these steps: www.iphonetiquicia.com The oven trick fixed my iPhone by reflowing the solder joints in my motherboard. *BUT* I was very careful and I did thorough trouble shooting first. I also have experience breaking down iPhones. Other guys with the same experience have tried this and it didn't work for them. So be cautious, read everything, comment, then once you're sure you can try the fix. I have recorded both successful and unsuccessful repairs at the bottom of this video text. iPhone PCB Cooking Directions: 1) Preheat oven to 385F (196C) 2) Bake PCB (motherboard) for 7 minutes 3) Cool on the rack for 1 hour. But before you try this fix confirm you actually have a hardware problem by starting with the Apple Trouble Shooting Guides support.apple.com , and support.apple.com If after reading those guides Apple tells you to view their Service FAQ it means your prospects of a software fix have become very slim; most likely you are dealing with a hardware problem. In my case my wifi was very intermittent. My iPhone would find the network then immediately drop it. I would enter the correct password for the network and my iPhone would keep asking me to re-enter. I followed the Apple Trouble Shooting guides and everything was pointing me toward taking my out-of-warranty iPhone 3G to the Apple Retail Store for service. After performing the fix in this video my wifi <b>...</b>
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Hoshizaki Circuit Board Repair

Replacing a relay on a Hoshizaki ice machine control board.
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PCB Stage 6 Boss - Yuyuko Saigyouji's Theme - Border of Life

Watch in high quality: www.youtube.com The music playing during the battle with the boss of stage 6, Yuyuko Saigyouji, in 'Touhou: Perfect Cherry Blossom'.
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Altium Designer Tutorial: Schematic capture and PCB layout (1of2) (improved)

A simple tutorial on how to use the schematic and PCB functionality of Altium Designer. Next video: www.youtube.com
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PCB etching with presensitized pcb.

Based on all my years of experience this is the best method for making your own pcbs. The results are always consistent if you follow the simple instructions. I will follow up with another more detailed series on this subject.











