I have a question.
Regardless of what program is being used…
Say you have a PCB you want manufactured, on this PCB you have some artwork or Logo or words or something, doesn’t matter, can even be that little open hardware design symbol….anyway……
When the manufacturers do their gold plating process, how is it done?
If I do a piece of art work and say it is an area without soldermask and it is a copper pour layer underneath…will that area be gold plated when it goes through the gold plating process? Or only the areas that are ‘PADS’ or “FINGERS’ or ‘THROUGH HOLES’ that the gerbers say will be gold plated only?
I’m trying to design something that will really stand out. I want a flat black PCB and I think the gold plated logo would really look nice on it.
Thanks in advance.