Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:09:46 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi
>Just had a thought about a board i have to do soon
>it needs to have a ground plane on the top side.
>
>Now i have got some d\side photo resist board, and
>i was thinking that if i do not expose the side that
>is going to be the ground plane to UV, and just develop
>it, would that keep it covered so that after etching i 
>have got a ground plane ??

One trick I used with a ground plane was to print just the pads on the
ground plane side, but reverse the artwork black for white.  That
gives you holes where the pads are, ground everywhere else.
Registration should not be a problem.

Harvey

>
>Thanks in advance for any input
>
>Howard
>