[sdiy] blue copper-clad circuit boards?

[Tim Ressel]

I haven't seen different color PCB material. What I
have seen is different color solder mask.

==Tim


--- The Peasant <epeasant at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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
> ______________________
> The Electronic Peasant
> 
> www.electronicpeasant.com
> 
> 
> 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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