Yann Guidon / YGDESI just routed the first module of the Discrete MOSFET clock. Each 10TFF fits well inside a 1 inch square and works with single sided etching.
Borrowing from http://transistorclock.com/ I made specific footprints for the P and N MOSFETs.
I'm now wondering where I can make them etched by lots of 40.
This is the "noob" version, the SMD version will be funkier :-)
Update: I tried one online service and I think I like it, even got mailed a preview :-D
Yes I know, my paneling is horrible. I'm just testing :-D
Update 20160510: boards delivered !
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I used to make a lot of panelized PCBs on 10x10 boards done years back. And I discovered that more often than not I got them v-scored for free by the fab (even if the supplier charged a lot extra for the scoring option) by simply removing the copper- and soldermask-layers where I wanted the scoring to be done.
If I marked them on the milling layer the supplier always mailed me and wanted more money to make the boards. So I always made the PCBs 0.8mm for easy home-cutting in case the fab didn't do the scoring "by mistake" for free... :-)
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interesting...
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You should be able to fit four of them on a cheap Chinese 5x5 cm pcb @ $9 for a pack of 10. Then make them on 0.8mm lab thicknesses and put a 0.3mm wide rectangles of tStop/bStop on the pcb to make the cutting with a box knife a bit easier.
With 0.8 mm pcb you basically only need to score each side once before you can snap the pcb apart
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I'm currently panelizing the layout for this purpose :-)
I'm adding a milling of 1mm, just in case...
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Milling worked well !
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