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

[Tamas Szabo <sza2king@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Rages wrote:
> 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.

Well, of course, I want to solder the "socket" itself (actually, it is a 
solderable gold plated wire-wrap socket). My current circuit can be fit 
to one side, but this would be a general problem.

I understand, that it is possible to workaround the problem by making 
the desired component from pads and holes, wouldn't be nicer to make it 
possible to set a flag like "unplated" and "componentsideolny" on a pin?

/sza2
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> markrages@gmail



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