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My first Diptrace drawn board....

Don MDon M Posts: 1,653
edited 2011-01-20 07:47 in General Discussion
Took a while to get it all together but I think it turned out ok. Sent off for manufacture today to Pentalogix.

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  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2011-01-17 15:01
    Don M wrote: »
    Took a while to get it all together but I think it turned out ok. Sent off for manufacture today to Pentalogix.

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    Nice board lay-out Don M.
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    Could you snap a pic of it when you get it back from the board house and post-it?
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    I would really like to see it!
  • Lord SteveLord Steve Posts: 206
    edited 2011-01-17 15:22
    What do you think of DipTrace, Don?
  • Don MDon M Posts: 1,653
    edited 2011-01-18 11:55
    @Lord Steve- With my limited exposure to circuit board CAD programs, after reading the tutorial and playing around with it I find it to be rather powerful. My only other previous experience with circuit board design was using Express PCB. That worked well for some simple boards that I designed but I find it rather limited in what you can do plus you are pretty much stuck with using them as your supplier (I know some have gotten gerbers from them to use eleswhere).

    My boards are due in tomorrow. Parts came in today. Boy those 0603 resistors and caps are sure tiny!
  • Don MDon M Posts: 1,653
    edited 2011-01-20 06:12
    @$WMc%-

    Here's a couple photos of the board. They turned out very nice. This was my first time using the "toaster oven" reflow process. I am happy with that as well. In the beginning I thought I would hand apply the solder paste. Glad I changed my mind and had a stencil made. Worked pretty well but had a small learning curve to get the paste on right.


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  • novarmnovarm Posts: 17
    edited 2011-01-20 06:48
    I would cover vias with the solder mask (uncheck Vias box in Gerber window for solder mask layers). Also I'm not sure about paste layer for through-hole pads ("Paste Mask for SMD Pads only" option in the same window). In all the rest looks nice.

    Regards,
    Stanislav Ruev
    DipTrace Team
  • Don MDon M Posts: 1,653
    edited 2011-01-20 07:47
    I unchecked the through holes for paste layer in this run but the via's covered with mask would be a good option for next time.
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