The last post mentioned a problem with the silk screen with my new batch of boards. Well, I contacted the fab house, Advanced Circuits, and explained how critical the silk screen is to the people I share the boards with. They are going to rerun the boards- hopefully I’ll have the new boards in my hands at the end of the week.

One more thing – Advanced also explained why they like to mask off the silk screen from the copper. If you decide to flow solder your board, keep in mind that the flow soldering process may cause the silk screen that is located directly on the copper layer to lift off.

In case you have any thoughts of getting a deal on the boards with the bad silk screen, Advanced asked me to send them back, so it isn’t going to happen.