tomphillips
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I want to have a go at making my own pcbs, rather than spend a large sum of money that I don't have (I'm a student you see
) on getting them produced professionally.
I've seen the two main methods, toner transfer/press n peel and photoetch. I've seen that the photoetch is considered better, however, I don't have the cash for a UV lamp.
So I was thinking, since the Sun emits UV light, and some gets through to us through the atmosphere, could i simply leave a photoetch board with the transparancy laying over the top of it, held down somehow, in the sun? Anyone tried this? I'm a assuming it would have to be for several hours, if not all day, since the intensity would probably be quite low.
Thanks,
Tom.
I've seen the two main methods, toner transfer/press n peel and photoetch. I've seen that the photoetch is considered better, however, I don't have the cash for a UV lamp.
So I was thinking, since the Sun emits UV light, and some gets through to us through the atmosphere, could i simply leave a photoetch board with the transparancy laying over the top of it, held down somehow, in the sun? Anyone tried this? I'm a assuming it would have to be for several hours, if not all day, since the intensity would probably be quite low.
Thanks,
Tom.