Re: gEDA-user: Unplated pin with one-side copper ring

[Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Tamas Szabo <sza2king@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John Luciani wrote:
>>    On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Tamas Szabo <[1]sza2king@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>    wrote:
>>
>>      Hi,
>>      Can I make a pin without plating and put the footprint only to the
>>      component side? If yes, how can I do it?
>>
>>    It sounds like you want a copper ring with an unplated hole. IIRC
>>    pins create copper on both sides.
>
> Is this mean that I unable to create a pin with one-side pattern? Or is
> it still possible some how?
>
>>    A square pad with rounded corners is a circle. You could try placing a
>>    mounting hole in the center of a component side square pad with
>>    rounded corners. The fab may not produce a clean edge on the hole.
>
> Actually, I need to create a pinboard (bed of nails), in which case,
> sometimes (hopefully never) I should remove the solder from the pins to
> be able to remove the board itself and this operation is extremely hard
> if the holes are plated and soldered on both sides.
>
> Do anyone plan to implement this kind of functionality in pcb?
>
> /sza2

All the bed-of-nails pins I've seen have come in sockets.  you solder
in the socket, then you can remove the pin by pulling on it.

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
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Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markrages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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