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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Spiral Challenge

2011-08-04 by DJ Delorie

Sweet!

Here's a tip: you know the track-to-track spacing is 20 mil (you did say
10/10 pattern, yes?).  Given that, you can calculate the actual DPI of
the photo (about 4300 dpi for the spot I was measuring).  Also measure a
track, and you can compute the actual track width (about 9.2 mil in some
spots, 7.1 in others).

But simply measuring pixels-of-copper vs pixels-of-space should
tell you how close to "perfect" you are.

Your ohms are a little high, some things that might cause that:

* pinholes cause "necks" in the copper which add resistance

* cleaning/scraping/sanding the copper might thin it somewhat

* thinner traces on average would increase it

If you just go by the ohms ratio, it says your average trace width is
18/23 * 10 = 7.8 mil, which sounds close enough.

Did you measure the high ohms between the two tracks?


Also, if you have a flatbed scanner, they're often useful for
high-accuracy PCB scans.

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