Make You Own PCB

Learn To Make PCB Using Eagle + Photoshop

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Page 2 - Processing in Photoshop

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Exposure

      If everything is printed out correctly on the test page print it out to a transparency using a Laser printer to the maximum resolution, cut the PCBs from transparency and keep them in good condition until development. Your hands must be clear and you must don't tough it on top of traces.

       You will need:

• Exposure chamber with UV light 300W
• 2 pieces of glass 30x30cm, thickness 0.5mm
• Peridrol (from local pharmacy shop)
• Sparse Hydrochloric acid (form Super Market, used in baths)
• Plastic gloves
• UV Light sensitive boards
• Protective Laquer spray
• Drill with drill bits form 0.5mm to 3mm
• 2 plastic basins

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Learn To Make PCB Using Eagle + Photoshop

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Processing in Photoshop

      Open Photoshop and click Open, find file BlinkLed.bmp and click Open, the program wil open the PCB you created using Eagle.

      As you can see the PCB traces are white and the empty space is black, that must be inverted because we want to print out the traces.

      To achieve this we use the Invert command, click on Image - Adjustments - Invert or use the shortcut keys CTRL+I on your keyboard.

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Learn To Make PCB Using Eagle + Photoshop

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     Making your own PCB's is a procedure that needs extreme care so the result become useful. Many times you faced up the challenge to print out your own PCB's many times or many different PCB's in one sheet. In this article we will discuss how you can do this combining common software tools. Also we will discuss hoe to print out PCB's from Elektor magazine along with your own custom made PCB in one transparency, after processing it using Photoshop CS for better results.

          The software tools you need are:

• Adobe Photoshop CS (image processing).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF files reader).
• Eagle Layout Editor 4.11 Freeware (available at their website)

Page 1 - Designing

Page 2 - Processing in Photoshop

Page 3 - Exposure