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Announcing the fourth PCB Order!
The next PCB order will occur on March 1st, so submit your designs by 11:59PM on February 28th.
Now's your opportunity to have your design fabricated by a professional board house in the USA!
New this order:
- Silkscreen on both sides of the board is now official. The board house has been giving it to us anyway, but we were only quoted for single-side.
- 7mil minimum annular ring. This is the width of the copper pad around a drilled hole.
- Faster turnaround. The boards should be mailed to you within a week of the order deadline.
The Eagle CAM file has been updated:
- The "Milling" layer has been removed from the board outline, since that's not actually supported in our order.
The Eagle DRU file has been updated to include the new minimum annular ring size.
What you get
- Three 2 layer boards (see design rules below)
- Soldermask on both sides
- Silkscreen on both sides.
The Costs
$5 per square inch for three copies of your board. So, a 2 square inch design would cost $10, and you'll get three copies of your board. Shipping by US Mail is included, and there are no setup fees.
How to submit your order
For now, just email your board designs to "pcb-order@denizen.org" as either an Eagle .brd or a set of Gerbers.
Include in the email:
- The number of boards you want in sets of 3.
- Your mailing address
If you're making Gerbers from Eagle, please use this CAM job -- this is a new CAM file for this order, and was updated on February 15th to include a remove the Milling layer from the board outline
Help!
If any of this is confusing, or you'd just like some help with your board, feel free to drop me an email.
Design Rules
(Eagle DRU File: http://content.laen.org/pcb/LaenPCBOrder.dru) -- This is a new DRU file for this order, and was updated on February 15th to include a narrower annular ring.
- 6 mil trace width
- 6 mil spacing
- 15 mil clearances from traces to the edge of the board
- 13 mil minimum drill size.
- 7 mil minimum annular ring
Enjoy!
-Laen