Fabricating Printed Circuit Boards

Varteresian J.1878707965

Jon Varteresian is owner of JV Enterprises, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of printed circuit boards. He offers numerous tips and techniques from his years of experience that guarantee a smooth and painless PC board design and fabrication process using his step by step approach. Numerous illustrations and photographs demonstrate each step of the process. Topics covered in the book include: safety issues, schematic capture, circuit placement and routing, making printed circuit boards, and plans for projects. An extensive resource list and glossary are also provided.*Gives a complete overview of the printed circuit board design process*Describes how to produce printed circuit boards in small quantities (ideal for prototypes), with an emphasis on safety*Author is owner a company specializing in the design and manufacture of printed circuit boards

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Table of contents :
Introduction……Page 10
Safety……Page 12
1 Schematic Capture……Page 16
Symbol Properties……Page 18
Schematic Generation……Page 19
Generating a Netlist……Page 23
Circuit Board Placement and Routing Basics……Page 26
Placement and Routing Guidelines……Page 36
General Placement Considerations……Page 39
General Routing Considerations……Page 40
Digital Circuit Boards……Page 50
Analog Circuit Boards……Page 52
Circuit Boards……Page 54
Placement and Routing Considerations for RF Circuit Boards……Page 57
Special RF Routing Techniques: Microstrip……Page 62
Special RF Routing Techniques: Stripline……Page 68
Design Guidelines……Page 72
Sample Fabrication House Guidelines……Page 76
Nexlogic Technologies Design Guidelines……Page 77
Capital Electronics Design Guidelines……Page 78
Generation of Design Files……Page 79
A Photoplotter Tutorial……Page 80
Raster Photoplotters……Page 81
5 Making Printed Circuit Boards……Page 84
Exposing and Developing the Resist Layer……Page 86
Etching the Printed Circuit Board……Page 94
Tin-Plating the Printed Circuit Board……Page 96
Drilling and Shaping the Printed Circuit Board……Page 98
Exposure Cone……Page 104
Building the Exposure Cone……Page 105
Building the Exposure Frame……Page 109
Material List for the Exposure Frame……Page 111
General Supplies……Page 112
Commercial Printed Circuit Board Fabrication Houses……Page 120
Design Services……Page 121
APPENDIX A Data Monitor Project……Page 122
How It Works……Page 124
Description of Data Monitor Hardware……Page 125
Personality Module……Page 131
Installation and Description of Data Monitor Software……Page 135
Data Monitor Operation……Page 136
Message Structure……Page 149
Firmware Flow Overview……Page 173
Initialize Routine……Page 176
Data Monitor Schematics and PCB Foils……Page 188
Data Monitor Parts List……Page 203
Skills Needed……Page 206
Equipment Needed……Page 207
Building the Power Supply Section……Page 208
Building the RS-232 Interface Section……Page 209
Building the Microprocessor Section……Page 210
Installing the Personality Module Connectors……Page 212
Preparing the Chassis……Page 213
Mounting the Circuit Board into the Chassis……Page 217
Building the Analog Input Section……Page 218
Building the Digital Input Section……Page 219
Building the Temperature Sensor Section……Page 220
Attaching the Host Connectors……Page 221
Data Monitor……Page 222
Testing the Data Monitor……Page 223
APPENDIX C Data Monitor Temperature Sensor Application Note……Page 230
Setting Up the Data Monitor……Page 232
Configuring the Data Monitor……Page 233
Monitoring……Page 234
Downloading……Page 235
Analyzing……Page 236
Variations……Page 237
Glossary……Page 240
Index……Page 248