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Oven bag method

2002-08-30 by Steve Greenfield

Just got this from another list. Someone says DynaArt (one of the makers of the laser toner transfer system) says: ***Begin forwarded message*** ... When I

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Re: Circuit Board Programs

2002-08-17 by crankorgan

George, There are files on the internet showing how to use Eagle to produce outline files as a DXF. There is also a script to produce GCode. There is a program

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Circuit Board Programs

2002-08-17 by crankorgan

Hi, Check out this list of PCBoard programs. http://www.olimex.com/pcb/dtools.html Check out the engraving program at the bottom. John

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Orcad group

2002-08-14 by orcad_sys

Hello all , I just want to inform you about a good Yahoo group of Orcad softwares (including Orcad s Layout for PCB designing and Cadence s SPECTRA Router and

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0.8mm PCB Material

2002-08-11 by duncanbourne

Hi all, Could anybody tell me where I can get double sided 0.8mm thick PCB material in the UK? I only need a small amount, so I don t want to go to a big

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by Hans Wedemeyer

John, You are telling me you can t find a board shop to do two sided 4 X6 with through plated holes and solder mask and silk screen (one side) for $15......

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Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by crankorgan

Hans, I have the schematic, I have finished boards that I have beem milling. I stopped selling controller boards do to cost. I was hoping to get single sided

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Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by crankorgan

Derek, My shock was not being able to redo my board with Eagle. I have yet to hear from the board houses I contacted. John ... drill ... problem:) ... and

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by Hans Wedemeyer

John, Yes you can. EAGLE will allow you to do layouts without a schematic. It is a little more involved when you don t have a schematic, but easy anyway. (

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Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by crankorgan

Hi Hans, Can I put the ground plan in after I do all the other traces, or should I do a section at a time? I am drawing the board direct. It is not coming from

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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by High Tech

John, I could see the shock. The board house should have caught that with drill holes in the middle of nothing. Go figure. It s nice to have a large copper

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by Hans Wedemeyer

John, With EAGLE I add a polygon and it fills all available space. The next step is to give the polygon a NET name, and naming it GND will connect it to

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Re: Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by crankorgan

Hi Derek, I got a real shock with this! I was milling circuit boards and selling them. I decided to have a circuit board house make the boards. Besides none of

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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Ground Plane

2002-08-09 by High Tech

Hi John, In PC logic s Circuit Layout you can draw a square or rectangle and fill it with a cross hatch. So you just draw your normal board then fill in the

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Ground Plane

2002-08-08 by crankorgan

Hi Gang, I was wondering if any of you have done a ground plane on a board. When I mill boards I can use the surrounding copper as a ground. With Eagle and

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New file uploaded to Homebrew_PCBs

2002-08-02 by Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Homebrew_PCBs group. File :

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Excellon to Gcode ?

2002-08-02 by Zoran A. Scepanovic

Hello semenoff, Friday, August 02, 2002, 3:01:33 AM, you wrote: s Anybody know of a converter ? s I found kcconv.exe at kellycam but it does not seem to

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Excellon to Gcode ?

2002-08-02 by semenoff

Anybody know of a converter ? I found kcconv.exe at kellycam but it does not seem to work.

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Laser transparencies

2002-08-01 by Hans Wedemeyer

I have been using Laser Transparencies for many years. For a long time the best for my LJ printers was the 3M Type CG3300 and then I found Apollo CG7060 and it

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File - monthly.txt

2002-08-01 by Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com

Monthly Reminder, please read: Subject lines: Remember to change the subject line if you are straying from the original thread. Please change the subject line

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Laser transparencies

2002-07-31 by microguycnc

For those of you using a laser printer to print their artwork onto transparencies - Can someone recommend a brand that doesn t deform when passed through the

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Milling Circuit Boards

2002-07-29 by crankorgan

Hi Again! Third file down from top! http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Publications/ John

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Milling Circuit Boards

2002-07-29 by crankorgan

Hi Group, Go old Yahoo cut the link. Try http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/projects.html Click on LPKE John

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Milling Circuit Boards

2002-07-29 by crankorgan

Hi Group, Check out this PDF on Milling Circuit Boards. PDFhttp://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Publications/ASterian.A SEE2001big.pdf John

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Links

2002-07-28 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 28-Jul-02 07:28:00 Central Daylight Time, ... Whew! Just to GAWK, that will take DAYS!!! [Non-text portions of this message have been

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PCB Links

2002-07-28 by crankorgan

Hi again, Check out the link below http://www.everythingpcb.com/toc.htm John

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Autotrax

2002-07-28 by crankorgan

Hi Group, I don t remember if we listed this FREE program before! AutoTrax PCB design program. http://www.autotraxeda.com/ John

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new circuit layout program

2002-07-24 by High Tech

Hi Everyone, Just to let you know there is an update to the PCLogic circuit layout program. The new demo can be found in our file section or at

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Re: hp7470a:wirring interface problem

2002-07-23 by caveteursus

the baud rate on your computer must match that of the HP7475a. if you are in DOS, use this command: mode com1: 9600,n,8,1,p you can also use hyperterminal ...

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Easy to machine circuit board?

2002-07-22 by Alan Marconett KM6VV

Hi to the list, I m back from the U.K. and also my (too short) vacation, and anxious to get cuttin! Just before I left (about a month ago), I cut some small

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Easy to machine circuit board?

2002-07-22 by rschlierbeck

There was a discussion recently about how tough circuit board is to machine and how quickly it damages the cutters. I noticed that McMaster-Carr has copper

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Re: hp7470a:wirring interface problem

2002-07-19 by mlpapus1

Hello there I wire the intreface the way they show on the HP info site i set the plotter and the computer the same way ,but when ii try to print a test page it

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Re: hp7470a:wirring interface problem

2002-07-19 by caveteursus

Pin 6 doesn t connect to anything on a DB9. I have a PIC16F84 talking with my HP7475a -- you just need TxD, RxD, Signal Ground and CTS hooked up (well, you

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hp7470a:wirring interface problem

2002-07-18 by mlpapus1

Hello all I have a hp7470a plotter and it pass all the test when i start it. I am trying to wire a new cable 25-pin to 9-pin and i dit what they show in this

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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] millimng PCB

2002-07-15 by Steve Greenfield

Look in the bookmarks page of the list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs Steve Greenfield ... __________________________________________________ Do

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millimng PCB

2002-07-14 by papas

Hello all Not to long ago someone post a side where they explain how to make a PCB using a small milling or engraving mashine.Can you please post this site

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Banshee Controller Project

2002-07-14 by crankorgan

Hi Gang, I uploaded a pic of a bare Banshee Controller board. The board was mechanically etched with a homemade Brute machine. The Banshee is a Bipolar

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File - monthly.txt

2002-07-04 by Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com

Monthly Reminder, please read: Subject lines: Remember to change the subject line if you are straying from the original thread. Please change the subject line

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Re: Plotter

2002-06-29 by alienrelics

Isn t it printed on the back? The Com port is decided on your computer. You ll need to make a special serial cable for it unless you still have the one that

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Plotter

2002-06-28 by James Owens

Hi, I m wanting to try and use my HP 7475A plotter to make circuit boards. It has done nothing for many years and I can t find the book that came with it.

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