[sdiy] The Dreaded ROHS

[Suit & Tie Guy]

On Feb 14, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> THIS REPLY CONTAINS A CAPITALIST RANT.

i'm not going to touch that whole RoHS thing, as enough people have  
already numerated here the true intentions of it and how it relates  
to what we do.

however, i wanted to voice my support of people who sell PCBs to  
hobbyists treating it seriously as a business. there's nothing more  
irritating than a PCB offer which is only for you if you're hip  
enough to know about it when the initial offer is. make it available,  
make the pads big and the copper weight heavy (2 oz finish is not  
expensive. please engage it), use tin-lead finish, put power  
footprints on there for more than just your favourite format (you can  
support dotcom, euro, MOTM/frac, and Modcan with only three  
footprints), debug it to the point that trace cutting is not  
necessary, and make sure you price the PCB enough over your cost to  
make it worth sending to me whenever i want to add some random cool  
module to my rig. this community is filled with kind and intelligent  
people doing interesting things, and it's very hard to keep up with  
everything nifty that pops up to build.

you help your fellow hobbyists by making it available to them when  
they need it, and making it easy to build. please make it worth your  
time to take it to the post office, and worth the space it takes in  
your home to keep stock.

btw, i don't have anything on my site about this but if you see  
something i'm selling that you know Det3 has made a custom board for  
please don't hesitate to email me and ask to buy just a PCB.
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Suit & Tie Guy
stgsoundlabs.com