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<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Zühlke, Karin (2017-12-12). <a href="https://www.elektroniknet.de/markt-technik/elektronikfertigung/s-mask-der-erste-schritte-zur-digitalen-leiterplatte-148792.html">"Forschungsallianz Fela und Würth - "s.mask" - der erste Schritte zur digitalen Leiterplatte"</a>. <i>Elektroniknet.de</i> (in German). <a href="/facts/Markt_%26_Technik/2UyC9414">Markt & Technik</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180617181639/https://www.elektroniknet.de/markt-technik/elektronikfertigung/s-mask-der-erste-schritte-zur-digitalen-leiterplatte-148792.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2018-06-17.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Mitzner, Kraig (2009). Complete PCB Design Using OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor. Burlington, Massachusetts, USA: Elsevier, Inc. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-7506-8971-7. <a href="978-0-7506-8971-7" target="_blank">978-0-7506-8971-7</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Williams, Jody (2005-03-01). "Soldermask: it's not just green anymore whether it's to identify revision changes or to look trendy in a see-through box, soldermask is taking on a rainbow of colors. But your processes will have to change with the hues". UP Media Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2015-11-14. <a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Soldermask%3A+it's+not+just+green+anymore+whether+it's+to+identify...-a0130564604" target="_blank">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Soldermask%3A+it's+not+just+green+anymore+whether+it's+to+identify...-a0130564604</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Tome, Paul (2014-03-14). "What is a Flexible Circuit Coverlay?". epec. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14. <a href="https://blog.epectec.com/what-is-a-flexible-circuit-coverlay" target="_blank">https://blog.epectec.com/what-is-a-flexible-circuit-coverlay</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Wright, Allan (2007-04-14). "FreePCB User Guide" (PDF). 1.4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17. <a href="https://www.wellpcb.com/sites/default/files/freepcbuserguide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.wellpcb.com/sites/default/files/freepcbuserguide.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Preparing the Manufacturing Data: Gerber Files for Photoplotters with Variable Aperture Wheels". EAGLE - Easily Applicable Graphics Layout Editor - Manual - Version 3.55 and later (PDF) (2 ed.). Delray Beach, Florida, USA: CadSoft Computer, Inc. 1999. pp. 88–90 [89]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2022-08-30. <a href="https://teslabs.com/openplayer/docs/docs/infodocs/EagleManual.pdf" target="_blank">https://teslabs.com/openplayer/docs/docs/infodocs/EagleManual.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>The letters 'C' and 'S' in EAGLE's old Gerber filename extensions .STC/.STS for the top and bottom solder stop mask layers have their origin in times when printed circuit boards were typically equipped with components populated on one side of the board only, the so called "component side" (top) versus the opposite "solder side" (bottom) where these components were soldered (at least in the case of through-hole components). <a href="/wiki/EAGLE_(program)" target="_blank">/wiki/EAGLE_(program)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Lagenbezeichnungen" [Layer designators]. WEdirekt (in German). Rot am See, Germany: Würth Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG. 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-29. [1] <a href="https://www.wedirekt.com/web/media/16_wedirekt/spezifikationen/leiterplatten_daten_downloads/Lagenbezeichnungen_de.jpg" target="_blank">https://www.wedirekt.com/web/media/16_wedirekt/spezifikationen/leiterplatten_daten_downloads/Lagenbezeichnungen_de.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Gerber Output Options" (PDF). 1.3. Altium Limited. 2011-07-27 [2008-03-26, 2005-12-05]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-29. <a href="http://valhalla.altium.com/Learning-Guides/OG0101%20Gerber%20Output%20Options.pdf" target="_blank">http://valhalla.altium.com/Learning-Guides/OG0101%20Gerber%20Output%20Options.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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