>From: Edward Cooper > >The double sided boards, will they look like professionally mad boards, >ie with an insulating mask over the traces, and a silk screen of all >the stuff i've written in Ealge on the front? Well, they are professionally made boards :-) and, yes, they look like it. Here's a couple of hints: Use 10 mil minimum line width on the silk screen layer, including part outlines, text, etc. This will probably mean changing some parts in the libraries. Use metric drill sizes that match their list. And here's a couple of bloopers I did on my first board: I drew a triangle (arrow) on the silkscreen layer with a zero-width border, to make the angles sharper. This puts their plotting process into something like an endless loop. I neglected to put a border on the copper layer. They added one for me, but unfortunately it shorted a couple of pads. Not hard to fix, but now I add my own borders (like they say to do). Colin > >Sorry if anyone feels these questions are answered in help or online >files, I just want to hear some personal feedback from anyone who have >used Olimex or similar to make their first PCB recently! I just don't >want to throw away money or look like an idiot.... > >Thanks for any help. > >Ed > >-- >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body