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Could this be handy for DIY PCB fab?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
edited 2013-03-19 21:05 in General Discussion
One of the biggest pains in doing PCB fab at home is through-hole parts. Having to drill the holes for your project after you are done.

You can switch to surface mount, but that is a little painful for home hobby circuit builders.

What do you guys think of a pre-drilled board for iron-on transfer designs? Surely I can't be the first guy to think of this. no?

Edit,

Nevermind.. Googled and found my own freak'n post about this two years ago. I didn't have the ability to do PCB design at the time, so I was dependent on finding this already done.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/B3426D/B3426D-ND/354320

Jeff
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Comments

  • JordanCClarkJordanCClark Posts: 198
    edited 2013-03-19 03:06
    Actually, this made my day. I'm just glad I'm not the only one to mis-remember things.:lol:
  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    edited 2013-03-19 08:00
    Are you suggesting a copper-clad perforated board? How does your idea work?
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2013-03-19 08:43
    I kind of don't see the point. I guess there may be some people that etch their own boards but don't have a drill, but I'd think the market for something like this would be pretty small.
  • JordanCClarkJordanCClark Posts: 198
    edited 2013-03-19 09:09
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    I kind of don't see the point...

    I think Jeff was saying for those who don't want to drill a few hundred holes.

    You'd have to be really careful on your routing though...:smile:
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-03-19 15:48
    If the board was double sided copper with plated through holes it would be much more useful for prototyping.
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2013-03-19 16:00
    kwinn wrote: »
    If the board was double sided copper with plated through holes it would be much more useful for prototyping.

    Absolutely - then all that's needed is a software tool to take fritzing diagrams in and generate nc files for CNC / PCB mill...
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-03-19 21:05
    Oldbitcollector (Jeff) wrote: »
    ...........You can switch to surface mount, but that is a little painful for home hobby circuit builders.........
    Jeff

    You can do surface mount with most through hole parts. Just bend the leads so they are flush and parallel with the bottom of the package and use a spot of hot melt glue to hold them in place for soldering. Very easy with IC's, almost as easy for sips, resistors, diodes, and some capacitors.

    PS - There is also the "dead bug" as well as the "chip stack" method of building a circuit.
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