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What Are The Two Steps Of Making A Pcb/printed Circuit Board?
first you have to lay the board out using some sort of software (this used to be done by hand using black tape and acetone sheets).
next a photochemical resist is applied to the bare copper board and the PCB pattern is exposed onto the board.
Next the board is etched using acid to remove those areas of copper not wanted.
After, there are drilling, plating, routing, solder mask, silkscreen. Plus lamination if more than 2 layers.
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June 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Honestly, step one design circuit, step two pay company to produce circuit board. Theres a few in the OC and a bunch in silicon valley (CA). A true “circuit board” that has any kind of processing ability can not be made in a garage.
June 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
You should have breadboarded the circuit and be satisfied that it is a finished design.
1. Create a layout using a CAD program
2. Send it to a maker of PCB boards.
Not sure if this even comes close to what you want. However, if you want to etch the boards yourself you might have a look at this:
<>http://www.pacificsun.ca/~robert/pcb/pcb...