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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Velleman PCB Etching Tank ET-20

2007-03-23 by Bryan Pope

Leon Heller wrote:
> I've just etched a small board (ARM JTAG interface) using the new tank 
> and it looks very nice. The instructions suggest two minutes to warm 
> the solution after switching the heater on; I used about five minutes, 
> and at least 20 minutes is probably about right. Because of the low 
> temperature etching took about 15 minutes.
>
> I used my usual photo-etch technique with artwork produced on an HP 
> DeskJet 5940 inkjet printer using Premium JetStar film. The text on 
> this board had the default 5 mils line width, and came out perfectly. 
> Narrowest track size was 12 mils, though.
>
> Here is a photo of the PCB:
>
> http://www.leonheller.com/pcb.jpg
>
>   
That looks *really* good!  What process do you use for the photo-etch 
technique?  I searched the web and found that UV is the conventional way 
to develop the resist but was looking through my Jameco catalog 
yesterday and they offer a positive photo-etch package from Datak that 
is supposed to only need a 100-watt incandescent to develop the 
resist..  Has anyone used this product before and if so, what were your 
results? 

Cheers,

Bryan

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