BuffaloEngineer
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I have gerber files that I'm sending to a PCB house and a stencil maker to get manufactured. I use the solder paste file to indicate 1) which components should be plated by the PCB house and which should be left as bare copper and 2) the size of the aperture for the stencil.
These 2 things are not always the same - do most people maintain 2 separate paste files in this case? Or should I be using a different gerber extension?
The 2 cases we have are:
1) Hand placed surface mount components which have plated pads, but no paste.
2) Reduced size paste apertures for a QFP package, but we want the plating to cover the entire pad.
Thanks!
These 2 things are not always the same - do most people maintain 2 separate paste files in this case? Or should I be using a different gerber extension?
The 2 cases we have are:
1) Hand placed surface mount components which have plated pads, but no paste.
2) Reduced size paste apertures for a QFP package, but we want the plating to cover the entire pad.
Thanks!