PCB Etching

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gusmas

Joined Sep 27, 2008
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What is the absolute minimum track spacing that is obtainable with home pcb etching i need round about 0.1 to 0.2 mm.....
 

mcgyvr

Joined Oct 15, 2009
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.1mm is typically the min for professional etching processes.
Using a pre-sensitized clad/UV process it might work...
Toner transfer method is out of the question.
 
I can get about 0.2 mm on a bathtub homebrew effort. That's with an inkjet photopositive onto acetate, print side towards the PCB, pre-sensitised board (don't bother trying to make your own with aerosols), exposed with a small tanning lamp and a bit of greenhouse glass, developed with sodium hydroxide and etched in ferric chloride in a paint roller tray. The devil is in the detail, so refine your process to suit your setup. That said, I prefer a minimum 0.3 mm track width and clearance for a home board, and I doubt I'd get consistently good results at 0.1 mm. Smaller geometries I prefer to farm out to PCB houses, preferably continuity tested if it's that tight.
 
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