PRESENTS

Workshop on PCB fabrication

 ETCHING
• Etching is where the excess copper is
removed to leave the individual tracks or
traces 
 METHODS TO ETCH A PCB
• MANUAL METHOD

• USING PROTEUS
 MANUAL METHOD

LIST OF THINGS REQUIRED:

• COPPER CLAD PCB

• DRILLING MACHING
• MARKER
• FERRIC CHLORIDE SOLUTION
 Manual Method
1.COPPER CLAD PCB
2.DRAW THE REQUIRED CIRCUIT ON THE
PCB WITH A MARKER
3.DON’T MAKE THE LINES TOO CLOSE.
USE A 135 DEGREE ANGLE.
4.CLEAN THE PCB TO REMOVE
UNWANTED MARKS.
5.PUT THE PCB IN THE FeCL3 SOLUTION
AND MOVE THE TRAY.
 BEFORE ETCHING

AFTER ETCHING
6.DRILL THE HOLES ON THE PCB
7.NOW THE PCB IS READY TO USE. START
SOLDERING.