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4. Electronics production

Instruction

Group Assignment

  • characterize the design rules for your in-house PCB production process
  • extra credit: send a PCB out to a board house

Individual Assignment

What I did in Week4

  1. Set up milling environment → In this page
  2. PCB Test production → In this page
  3. Design and Produce in-circuit programmer →Individual Page

Group Assignment

The CNC machine we used

Genmitsu PROVerXL 4030

Title Spec
Working area 400 x 300 x 110mm
Control Board Compatibility GRBL 1.1h
Spindle 300W 6A, 12,000 RPM
Max speed 2000mm/min
Accuracy 0.1 mm
Overall Machine Size 641 x 755.5 x 580mm
Machine Weight 26kg
Collet (in package) 1/8” Shank

About Material

  • Cut board / Paper phenol
  • FR1(Flame Retardant)
    • FR grades are described by “FR-numbers”. The numbers range from 1 to 5, with FR-5 being the grade with the highest flame resistance. The higher the number, the more flame-resistant it is.
  • Size: 100 x150 x1.6mm
  • Cu layer: 35um = 0.035mm

About Endmill

  • shank diameter :
    • 1/8” = 3.17 mm
  • for traces
    • 1/64” endmill
      • = 0.396748 mm
      • SE : single end
      • 2FL : two flute
      • Altin coated : Calico Aluminum Titanium Nitride is a hard coating that solves many tribological problems with components that can be coated at temperatures of 450°C - 475°C
    • (alternative) V-bit 0.2mm 30deg
      • Because of the V-shape, it is a little difficult to control in some cases.
      • Cheaper than 1/64 endmill

  • for outline
    • 1/32” endmill
      • = 0.79375 mm
      • SE / 2FL / Altin Coated
    • (alternative) 0.7 mm

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About CAM and Machine

  • Build an environment to implement this that will be completed on my own PC.
  • Fusion → Mods → g sender → Genmitsu PRO Ver XL

Set up milling environment

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  • Connect to Machine -> Unrecognized devices -> /dev/tty.usbserial-10

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homing : move the header to home position

rapid / normal / precise : how much the header move

Mill LineTest

  • Click Load File and open SVG image.nc
  • Download png.txt
  • Open mods (MIT server)
    • program > open local program > mill_2D_PCB_svg.txt > open
  • select png file and import file

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set and calcurate

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output path

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load image.nc in gsender

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imported data

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Fix PCB on workplace by double-coated adhesive tape and set endmill at the header.

Adjust the position to the grinding position and Push “Zero all”

Caution: When aligning the Z, I put a paper between the ground and the endmill to fine-tune the needle position. Lower the header until the paper tears.

Set the header position as Zero. and Push “Start Job”

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However, It works once by pushing “Start Job”, but it occured the error and stop soon.

We need to start again and get rid of the bug.

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After push “Reset2 and “Go to XY0”, I broke the endmill because the z-axis was too low 😭

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so edit the code of gSender to remove bug of LINE 9.

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Opened g-code and found what line 9 is.

Open “path to G-code” node in mods

comment out “G04~~” and “T” + tool + “M06~~~”

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Set “cut depth” 0.2mm

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Save local programm as text and html so as not to need to edit gSender code again.

Open local program in mods -> png -> generate g-code again

Read g-code into gSender -> worked with 1/64 end mill with 0.2 mm depth

Try again to push “Start Job” Finish to make Interior.

Next, cut outline in the same way.

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Generate g-code with 1/32 -> g-code -> gSender

-> Changed tool 1/64 to 1/32 -> milled

Finish the LineTest Board.

remove the sticky double-sided tape by solvent

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What we learn

to Yukiya’s individual site


Last update: June 3, 2022