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Creating the Main Controller
Printed Circuit Board
To fabricate the controller printed circuit board (PCB), photocopy
the artwork in Figure 6.36 onto a transparency. Make sure that
the photocopy is the exact size of the original. For convenience,
you can download the file from the author’s Web site, located at
www.thinkbotics.com, and simply print the file onto a transparen-
cy using a laser or ink-jet printer with a minimum resolution of
600 dpi. After the artwork has been successfully transferred to a
transparency, use the techniques outlined in Chapter 2 to create a
board. A 4-inch 6-inch presensitized positive copper board is
ideal. When you place the transparency on the copper board, it
should be oriented exactly the same as in Figure 6.36. It would be
a good idea to create the circuit board for the remote control at the
same time.

FIGURE 6.36
Controller board PCB
foil pattern artwork.

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