Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>wrote:

>   Remember that gold plating the edge connector usually requires you (or
>
> the board shop) to extend the tongues out and run them together in a
> shorting bar, so they can be contacted for gold plating.
>

Another possibly minor issue is that the edge of the pcb should be beveled
 to accept the mating connector. Back in the 80's we used to have a lot of
S-100 boards made. When the edges were not beveled it made inserting the
boards difficult, and if I remember correctly could occasionally actually
damage pins on the connector. If the board shop did not do it, we would have
to file the bevel by hand.


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carl
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Henry Carl Ott   N2RVQ    hcarlott@...


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