Building A Printed Circuit Board

Turn on the electric iron the same one used for clothes.

Building a printed circuit board.

A printed circuit board has pre designed copper tracks on a conducting sheet. 1 square foot 1 34 mils thick. A printed circuit board pcb mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive tracks pads and other features etched from copper sheets. These are used in almost all computers and electronics today.

Make sure the print is on a glossy paper like those in magazines or separate glossy paper. When working on embedded hardware there is often a need to connect into the printed circuit board pcb for testing. When you re done send the design to a manufacturer or you etch it yourself. This skill is called pcb design and is highly useful.

Components are generally soldered onto the pcb to both electrically connect and mechanically fasten them to it. A printed circuit board pcb is a plastic board made for connecting electronic components together. A printed circuit board pcb mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive tracks pads and other features etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non conductive substrate. Carefully cut out the design and position it on the circuit board.

After you had printed your circuit board design you will iron the printed design over the copper side of the pcb ironing it above the copper side of the board will transfer the ink from the glossy paper to the pcb board. Print the design out from the software s print menu. To create a printed circuit board pcb you need to draw holes pads and wires for your circuit. Per square foot in weight or 0 0007 and 0 00134 inches nominal thickness.

During manufacture the inner copper layers are etched leaving intended traces of copper to connect circuit components. The pre defined tracks reduce the wiring thereby. In other words one ounce of copper will cover one square foot when it is rolled out to a thickness of 0 00134 or 1 34 mils. The printed circuit board is built by alternating layers of conductive copper with layers of nonconductive insulation material.

The ink serves as the protective layer to cover the copper part that shouldn t be etched.