--- In [email protected], "Danilo Uccelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/2/9, jamesgailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > How can I suppress the solder stop mask around the perimeter of a PCB? > > Hi, > > In my opinion, you cannot place tracks on the Mask Components and the > Mask copper layers but you can create a special package which is > composed only by pads with the special geometry that you need on these > layers an place it around your board. > > Per example, your board is 100 X 160 mm and you want to have 3 mm > around the board without mask you can create 2 footprint with only one > pad (100 x 3mm and 160 x 3mm) and place it on the board perimeter. > > I have used this technic to remove the mask on some ground plane areas > in order to have a mechanical contact.
Danilo, Roger, many thanks. I shall try Danilo's technique since I am using a cheap board manufacturer (Olimex). Cheers Jim G3RTD
