No project this month since I’m to busy working, really, I can’t stand to look at another PCB, I made like 20, 25 boards in one month, my hands smells like ferric chloride.
That and I can’t find a MAX3232 in dip package around here, gona have to order one on-line and that takes time…
Anyway, I needed to make a prototype for a friend, and since I was not the one to use it and didn’t want to make a sketch with the positioning of the buttons and LEDs I decided to try something I have seen in some blogs for some time.
And as you can deduce from the title of the post and the big photo over there, I printed a silkscreen for board on paper and before soldering everything put the paper between the board and the components.
Surprisingly, it turned out great, I don’t know why, but I thought that the heat was definitely going to stain the paper.
But I still have a doubt, I used masking tape to hold everything down, but there got to be a better way.
Anybody who has used this method before knows a better way to glue the paper on the board?
Glue? Hot Glue? Glue Stick?
Gabriel
5 October, 2008 at 12:03
Hope it won’t overheat, or your friend will have a bitter and bright surprise.
Just kiddin’, folks…