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First time Etching a PCB... Need help!

Started by sdlogan9, June 18, 2014, 08:55:18 PM

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sdlogan9

Hey guys

   So I etched a few Sunking PCB's today..  My first time etching.   

I am just a little afraid that the traces might not be clean enough.   I would hate to go and populate it and have a dead PCB..  If you can look at this etch and tell me if I need to do anything to fix it.. That would be very helpful!!


Peace
Shane


rullywowr

Looks Ok to me. The best thing to do would be to check continuity with your dmm to ensure you have continuity where you need it and none where you don't. If a trace is shorted to another you can use a hobby knife to make sure they are separated.



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icecycle66

Should mostly be okay.

The only part I see that looks iffy is up and to the right of center. That long copper line looks like it might have a break in it.

ggarms

Shane, what are you using for transfer paper? When I started etching I was using glossy magazine pages.  It definitely did the job, but once I discovered the blue press n peel paper I never turned back.