Hello,
Flexing of the board ruining your solder connections comes to mind...
This thin board material is not meant to be used by itself. It is
sold to be laminated into a multi-layer board.
Hope this helps,
Ballendo
P.S. Your earlier question about 1/2 oz. copper is also a clue. Board
houses start with 1/2 oz copper and add another 1/2 oz while plating
the through holes/vias. This is the most common.
They may also start with 1 oz and plate to 2 or more oz. (I have my
stepper driver boards plated to a finish of 2-1/2 oz minimum.)
Now to answer your "other" question; you can certainly use 1/2 oz.
copper as is in a DIY PCB, just be sure it meets your current
carrying needs. (Adjust trace width to suit.)
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Miller" <jim@j...> wrote:
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> What's the thinnest copper clad material folks have successfully
worked with? What are the issues with working with boards as thin as
0.005"? I found this stuff on Digikey.
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> Are there good online sources of PCB material which are cheaper for
thin material?
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> I don't have a specific min or max thickness spec I need to work to
but just thought that it would be nice to keep the board as thin as
possible for portable applications.
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> tnx
> jim
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