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I love that OSH Park (https://oshpark.com/ https://oshpark.com/) uses purple soldermask. It's a fairly unusual soldermask color, but they use only purple. It lo
by lambda 8y ago
I love that OSH Park (https://oshpark.com/ https://oshpark.com/) uses purple soldermask. It's a fairly unusual soldermask color, but they use only purple. It looks great with gold plating, and it gives a satisfying sense of branding to for open source hardware and prototyping.
- setquk 8y agoActually OSHpark boards I find are pretty crap. They have mouse bites left over, the mask is crap and the registration poor on some boards. Getting better boards from JLC but you lose HASL and purple.
- lambda 8y agoYeah, there are a lot more options for easy, small-batch prototyping PCBs these days. OSH Park was one of the first that was really easy and accessible to hobbyists, so even if it's not the best or the cheapest any more, the purple soldermask still has a place in my heart.