Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:39:26 -0800, Brian Pitt <bfp@...> wrote:

> that was printed from a PDF of the GameBoy PIO cartridge here
> http://marc.rawer.de/Gameboy/   top layer
>
> I ran it with just the default settings on a HP LJ1200 from a cold start
> the copper foil is a strip of 1.25" wide slug and snail tape from
> the lawn and garden dept. ,for some reason slugs wont crawl over
> copper but they love aluminum especially if its a beer can
> (mmmmm... beer :)
> once it was on the paper I gave it a scrub with a scotchbrite pad
> to rough it up a bit to hold the toner and gave it a swipe with acetone
> to clean off any oil
>
> offhand I'm thinking something smaller might work better
> maybe the Pic sip from the Eagle single sided tutorial or a
> basic stamp clone or SIMM Stick format board ,something like that
>
> or it might just take a tew tweaks to the settings like you say
> I was thinking of puting the tape on a transparency sheet to make
> a sort of home brew flex circuit
>
> Brian


the transparency will not exactly be the best to solder maybe, i don't 
know.

smaller works better, as the chance that it doesn't touch something 
grounded is better.
but i can't make circuits only 1cm wide each time.

interesting to know about the slug tape, i didn't know that...
i wonder if it is really working that good.
(never saw it anywhere here, i would like the copper tape for other 
purposes)


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