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hammelgammler wrote: Just send you a PM about the order.


Sadly I realized that I need about 10-15 F flipper to have enough for two FSSK's, I think 10 should be alright though, and 15 would defnitly be enough.
Does anyone have about 10 extra flippers that they wouldn't need? That would be great!

Compgeke wrote:

idollar wrote: I like your idea of the stickers.
Only one comment, It should read Design in Europe. Made in the USA

The round labels are glorious !

A little more work done and some comparisons to original labels. http://imgur.com/a/GkRcz

Compgeke wrote: Does anyone have experience with custom metal badges?

• 2a - the PADs where the controller will go were not marked as PADs in the Gerber file. The reason for this is rooted in the import process from the generic CAD tool (Deltacad) in the PBC tool (Diptrace). During the import, one can state if the import shall be done as "traces" of "pads". I used traces so our PAD was marked as trace and therefore would have been covered by the green isolation layer.
  

  

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  This has been resolved in a version 0.49 that I have sent them. I separated the PAD components in a different Deltacad layer that I imported separately into Diptrace. They confirmed that this trick did the job.
  
  2b.- the have also questioned all the PCB areas that are not connected anywhere.
  
  I have sent this explanation (included the typos):
  

  

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  Hello,
  
  I know that is strange.
  The PCB is kind of tricky.
  
  SHORT VERSION
  
  I think that it is correct in the version 0.49. Please confirm that you will use the version 0.49.
  The PADS are isolated from the rest.
  The complete PCB shall be covered by isolation layer but for the connector that I have sent you (and I send again)
  
  
  LONG VERSION
  
  
  As I said, it is not a normal one. It is used to create capacitors between the rectangles on the upper and bottom layers. There are areas that are not connected. They are just sitting there, to act as capacitors.
  The PCB will be used to sense key presses of a keyboard.
  
  In any case (attached an image that explains also), each key is a pair of two PADs on the top layer (rows) and one on the bottom (columns).
  
  In the top layer, one (BIGGEST) of the two pads is disconnected. Isolated
  The other (SMALLER) is connected to the sensing row.
  
  On the bottom layer, the BIGGEST pad matches the disconnected one on the top layer.
  
  The complete PCB shall be covered with isolation but for the PADS on the connector that I have already sent you and I send again.
  
  
  Hopefully this clarifies.
  
  Please confirm that the version 0.49 will be used !!!
  
  Cheers

wcass wrote: Yes, I was happy with the XTant boards that PCBWay printed for me. Delivery was quick too.

Sorry, I should have given you a heads-up about needing a mask layer if you create your pads in DeltaCAD. I usually create the through/surface pads in Diptrace - the mask is created automatically there.

idollar wrote: chzel have told me that we miss a hole in the latest version. It got probably deleted by mistake with the latest changes. It has been tricky.

I have emailed pcbway to tell them about it.

The issue is not major: if they cannot change the order we can drill the hole manually or leave the screw out.
It will be good to have the hole in the prototype anyhow.

We will see ...

bocahgundul wrote: Too bad I don't have any ssk to mod it to FSSK haha

shreebles wrote: I might put one up for sale soon. However, you need a bolt modded one for the FSSK : O

Date: 11 January 2016 at 08:39:05 GMT+1

Hi dear,


Sorry for the late reply.


I've sent version 0.51 to our engineer and mentioned the pads in the rectangle.


I think it is ok now.


Thank you for your efforts!

Compgeke wrote:I've honestly got no idea on who to use for producing anything, whether stickers or aluminum badges. From a quick web search finding people to do custom size white labels is pretty easy, however not finding much on clear custom size labels. Problem with white would be it'd look odd against the otherwise beige casing.

I can do a test to see if I can do a run of my own using clear address labels. I'm thinking print then laser cut the custom shape out would work. I'll need to find out if I can use a laser cutter (know a place with one I was able to use before) and if so how well they stick to the case and how bad they look. I also have a new package of Avery 5660 labels so doing tests wouldn't cost anything.

As for alumimium, I have no idea where I'd start on that. I can't imagine it'd be cheap being as they aren't a rectangle and printing would be even more expensive, unless a batch was just cut then hand toner transferred (not exactly practical for batches). Does anyone have experience with custom metal badges?