Tuesday, December 1, 2015

LPKF Protomat S-43 Experiences - Introduction to S43


This post covers some basic information about the LPKF S43 circuit board plotter.
LPKF S43 is a circuit board plotter capable of producing up to 8 layered printed Circuit boards. S43 is basically a milling machine that is able to perform following operations in its basic configuration

1. Basic Milling of Copper and Aluminium
2. Drilling
3. Contour Routing

S43 can be upgraded to advanced models like S63 and S103.

LPKF Protomat S43 Upgrade Options (from LPKF Website)

Here is good animation available on LPKF website that provides more interactive information about S43 upgrade.

Software: 
S-43 and other variants work with a software known an "Circuit Pro". Circuit pro is not a design tool. Any design that needs to be plotted, must be imported to circuit pro. I recommend to use "gerber" format.

The software used for designing the PCB include but are not limited to.

1. Dip Trace
2. Orcad


Website Links:

LPKF Home:  http://www.lpkf.com/index.htm 
Protomat S43: http://www.lpkf.com/products/rapid-pcb-prototyping/circuit-board-plotter/protomat-s43.htm 


I will cover the basic features of S43 in the coming blog posts soon.
For any further information drop an email at saarizvi4@hotmail.com

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