Homebrew PCBs

you can readily get thin stock which is intended for laminating together  
as a multilayer.
I have some 0.5mm, which works basically just the same as 1mm or 1.5mm. I  
only use it for very small boards where flexing is not a problem.
Interestingly, thinner material was often used as "flexible" board in  
older equipment, like in Fluke 8000 and 8000a meters you will find they  
use some thin stock for the display, it is bent 90 degree with maybe 4 or  
5 cm radius and works very well.

The thinnest i've ever found was at ebay, it was described as 50um thick  
plus 35um copper. I'm not entirely sure about this, since it would require  
a rather thin fiberglass mat.

ST


On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:34:52 +0100, Jim Miller <jim@...> wrote:

> 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
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> jim
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