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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Green Layer on Circuit Boards?
- Message-ID: <BrsvB7.EzC@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:01:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.134601.8985@cci632.cci.com>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Jul21.134601.8985@cci632.cci.com> adw@cci632.cci.com (Allen Williams (co-op)) writes:
- > However, one step that I think would be a good addition is the green
- >layer of plastic insulation that commercial circuit boards have. I've looked
- >in the Mouser and Digi-Key catalogs, and can't find anything that looks like
- >the type of insulation that would go on top of the traces.
-
- Look for "solder mask" or something similar. In a bottle, not an envelope:
- it's applied by a silk-screening process, and then (I would guess) baked on.
-
- > Is it possible to add this layer of green insulation on do-it-yourself
- >boards? ...
-
- Shouldn't be hard, if you can sort out how to convert your pad pattern to
- a silkscreen. Silk-screening is a standard art/craft process.
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- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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