<div dir="ltr">Here's another example (prototype module doing tests a while back... I'm slow :) )<br><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/H9YDeDmG95stbEV87">https://photos.app.goo.gl/H9YDeDmG95stbEV87</a><br><div><br></div><div>you need to mask out soldermask and copper on both sides of the PCB.</div><div><br></div><div>I typically order the same material from the same PCB house, so I haven't had any variability issues so far (probably 15 panels at different stages).</div><div><br></div><div>Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM Mike Beauchamp <<a href="mailto:list@mikebeauchamp.com">list@mikebeauchamp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Here's a tutorial someone made for KiCad:<br>
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On 2024-01-27 16:48, Scott Bernardi via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> You see some modules that have transparent areas on the front panel that <br>
> are lit from behind.  How is that done? Is it possible on a regular DIY <br>
> FR4 PCB panel?<br>
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