Re: gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-27 Thread DJ Delorie
> It's very hard to solder such a complex double sided board without > through-plated holes and soldermask. Not really, once you know how. The trick for ICs is to just blob-solder them on (i.e. worry about good connections, not about shorts) then hit it with the copper desoldering braid to remov

Re: gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-27 Thread Tomaz Solc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi > The CircuitCAM software also has some settings to increase the amount > of copper cleared around pads without rubbing out the entire board. > (It simply runs the router around a pad several times with an > increasing radius.) This should take

Re: gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-26 Thread Jeff Webb
Tomaz Solc wrote: Yes. That CircuitCAM software has a feature called "rubout" that will completely remove copper where it's not needed. It's a very time consuming process but people in the lab told me that otherwise it would be very hard to solder components on both sides without shorting some

Re: gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-26 Thread Tomaz Solc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I can see where the mill created trenches next to the PCB tracks. But how did you clear copper from large areas? Also using the mill? Yes. That CircuitCAM software has a feature called "rubout" that will completely remove copper where it's n

Re: gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-25 Thread Stuart Brorson
I would just like to show you some pictures of a PCB I got back from manufacturing yesterday. Looks great! Thanks for showing us your project! I can see where the mill created trenches next to the PCB tracks. But how did you clear copper from large areas? Also using the mill? If so, why doe

gEDA-user: Galaksija motherboard

2007-01-24 Thread Tomaz Solc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I would just like to show you some pictures of a PCB I got back from manufacturing yesterday. This is a motherboard for a redesigned 1980's Yugoslav computer named Galaksija. The design and layout was done completely with gEDA tools (gschem and PC