[sdiy] blue copper-clad circuit boards?

[Tim Parkhurst]

Cool, I learned something today. :) 

But yeah, now we need to figure out where to get the stuff.

Tim Servo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Peasant [mailto:epeasant at telusplanet.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: Tim Parkhurst
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] blue copper-clad circuit boards?
> 
> I have seen pcb material in many different colors, from the
> standard grey and green colors to blue, yellow, brown, and
> red. This is definitely not a coating, I have some blue
> perf board right here in front of me, in my experience it's
> not that rare.
> 
> As to where to get some, that I don't know.
> 
> Take care,
> Doug
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> 
> Quoting Tim Parkhurst <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>:
> 
> > Still looks like solder mask to me. Notice that it is
> > shiny. Bare PCB
> > material (at least the FR4 that I'm familiar with) isn't
> > shiny unless it's
> > coated with something. Also note the blue letters near
> > the top of the
> > picture. They look like they were created by some sort
> > of
> > imaging/photoresist process (small, good detail). Again,
> > I could be totally
> > wrong on this but this pic looks like a board with a
> > soldermask that doesn't
> > cover the copper in the area shown in the picture. Maybe
> > these are switch
> > contacts?
> >
> > Tim Servo
> > "There is no conversation more boring than the one where
> > everybody agrees."
> > -Michel de Montaigne
> >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Fahl, Romeo [mailto:RFahl at extensis.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:30 AM
> > > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > > Subject: RE: [sdiy] blue copper-clad circuit boards?
> > >
> > > I don't think that this:
> > >
> > > http://www.spiritone.com/~8brain/tkbds/kbdclose.jpg
> > >
> > > used a blue soldermask.  Anyone know for sure?
> > >
> > > R.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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