Lecture Notes

http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/electronics_production/index.html

Student Reviews:

  • When laser-cutting: Don’t go too slow, rather to more passes
  • Plants hydrated with fog (Albot Dima @ Kamp-Lintfort): http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabkamplintfort/students/396/final.html#final

Electronics Production

  • Step down by the copper thickness when the endmill gets dull, to use a different section of the mill and have good results again
  • Use FR-1 because FR-4 will kill the mill much quicker
  • Be careful about reflowing FR-1
  • ~ 100$ for making boards at a board house based on n_layers, turnaround time
  • Make batches <= 10 yourself, bigger quantities externally
  • They also do components placing and soldering
  • Design Rules
    • How close can traces be?
    • How thin can traces be?
    • Layers
    • 1.5-sided boards = One-sided board with crossovers
  • Parts search engine: http://octopart.com/
  • Solder Joints: shiny and smooth
  • Solder bottom to top and inside out