Vero Technologies unveils Fotoboard PCBs

Fotoboard enables custom-printed circuit boards to be made to the customer's design, in-house, quickly and economically.

This is said to save time and money in sending files to an external PCB fabricator.

The products have potential applications in research and development laboratories for design proving and realisation, in educational establishments for student projects and for hobbyist and modellers among others.

The 1.6mm-thick boards are available in 100 x 160 and 220mm 3U single and 233 x 160 and 220mm 6U double Eurocard sizes in both single and double-sided format.

The copper layer is 1oz as standard.

The 5 microns-thick resist film is high-temperature cured, which, combined with its tough plastic film laminate covering, results in a durable board that can be handled, accurately guillotined and processed in safety.

The process is said to be very simple.

A positive of the required circuit is output onto clear film using a standard desktop laser or inkjet printer from a CAD package; the protective plastic film peeled off the photoresist layer, which is then exposed under ultraviolet (UV) light to fix the image and the unwanted copper is etched away to produce the circuit.

Board cutting units, UV exposure units and develop, wash and etch tanks and their related consumables are all available, enabling a mini PCB production unit for low-volume requirements to be set up easily and cost-effectively.