Making of PCBs at home, DIY using inexpenive materials
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2012
- An easily understandable video demonstration of how to make PCBs(Fabricate) at home with available inexpensive materials using toner transfer method.
Requirements for making PCB are Plain copper coated board,Ferric Chloride,PCB hand drill,Hacksaw blade, Iron box, LASER printer(not inkjet) and Glossy paper [photo paper].
Here Cadsoft Eagle has been used to design board layout,any other CAD tools can also be used.Acetone[nail polish remover] can be used to clean copper surface. Immerse the board for a sufficient time in boiling water for peeling off the paper.While peeling slowly remove the paper from borders don't remove it rapidly since toner might also get removed. If you miss the continuity in the toner mask or if toner gets distorted [path or any small area of design] while peeling off the paper use Permanent marker[like CD maker] to manually draw the path before etching,wash the toner transferred board with plain water and make it dry before drawing with Permanent marker. For fast etching stir the Ferric Chloride solution for every 2 minutes.Air pump agitator[like aquarium air pump] also speeds up the etching process by bubbling through the solution and warm solution can also be used for doing this.
The board made in this video is for object tracking robot using Atmega328p and Xbee Pro.
Tip: Use acetone (nail varnish remover) to wipe off the toner. Scrubbing risks damaging fine tracks whereas acetone dissolves the toner.
So awesome. My son and I are just getting into electronics. I never thought about how integrated circuits were made before robots took over the job. When we are more advanced in our knowledge, we are totally making our own integrated circuit!
Thanks for this very clear and short description, devoid of all unnecessary detail. This is one of the best of a number of videos on this subject. Well done.
Good job and great video. I used to do it that way too. I just want to add a little tip that will expedite the process. First, you will need to dip the board in ferric chloride solution made out of hot water, and you need to agitate it. What I did was, that I put a small marker under the container with the board and the solution and gently rocked it. Also I used a lamp on top of the solution and the board so I did not lose heat, so the agitation process is faster. That worked like magic. Good job and good for you.
Awesome! And like a sucker I almost bought a very expensive kit to do this, glad I saw this video first! Cheers!
Also remember to neutralised the ferric choloride by putting baking soda before disposing it off.
Thank you for this video! I'm going to use this technique to build a synthesizer!
Indians rock because they dont need any gloves or ventilated area for such stuffs
Thank you for such an informative video.
Great DIY technique for making custom components. Thanks
OK, I'm going to have to try this! That looks very professional!
Thanks! Will give it a try. Nice with the reverb on the narrators voice, almost gave me a dreamy feeling. :) Thumbs up!
Thank you so much...You almost saved my day....
smarty and too usefull for made own smart home like own LED lighting panel singal (opened outside doors via bluetooth ON/OFF signal), with old digitizer too detect rain can simply on 12V servo closing rear windows and many more. Thanks
Very well done and very informative!
Wow this is a really great simple way of doing a board, Ive always had hit and misses with the timings of photo etching... Either under or over exposing...
Great tutorial, LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is badass, you deserve more views, this is an amazing thing!!!!!
This is helpful. Thank you for sharing!
thank you very much , really helpful ! ,now , I know how much time , I need to immerse the pcb in the acid .