From the past few years, the improvement of developing the Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines

gives us an excellent outcome when it comes to manufacturing industries. Automation of a machinery-work related
processing is now possible that is very flexible while it can handle small to medium quantities in productions. One notable
problem of PCB etching is the chemical disposal. There are some times that they just throw it in the sewage or in the
ground. Therefore, we propose this idea of using CNC Machine in PCB to replace the etching process to milling process
and drilling of holes without human involved.

Printed Circuit Board is a board made of glass strengthened plastic with conductive line imprinted onto
board. Gaps are important to be penetrated on the PCB with the end goal to mount electrical and electronic
segments; such as resistor, inductor, capacitor, and numerous more are mounted on the board and associated by
conductive line imprinted onto board rather than wire with the end goal to frame a total circuit (Tan Kee Kian,
2015).Usage of Chemical (FeCl3) is a common electrical isolation process or it is called PCB etching. Unlike PCB Milling,
avoiding the exposure of using hazardous chemical usage process and it can be completed indoors such as school
laboratories or offices.

CNC PCB Milling machine would be a compelling instrument through which circuit can be scratched and
infiltrated at a sensible expense. The making of this CNC machine is to decrease the expense and multifaceted
nature of machine. This endeavor deals with the arrangement of modified downsized CNC machine for PCB
drawing and preparing (Choudhary, 2017). PCB drilling using CNC machine can also give you an absolute and accurate
diameter and placing of holes for your PCB while avoiding those isolated parts from milling process.

The advancement of using CNC machine help us decides to apply the milling and drilling of PCB. avoiding
inaccuracy, using of chemical, and to reduce the time consumed in the process is the main goal in this project. The
process of making a circuit has many methods, including the process of etching after sticking the designed layout
and being laser printed. The printed design will be iron to transfer into the PCB and achieve a plotted layout. After
this, the etching process will occur. Using a chemical Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) and then remove the unwanted copper
in the PCB. Disposal of chemical is hazardous. Copper that is left in the PCB are not included in the etching process
due to its plotted layout that is being transferred. After transferring the plotted layout in the PCB, most of them
haveblurry lines that may cause a loose of connection. Drilling and soldering manually is not needed in this kind of
process. This type of machine is design to cover the disadvantages of manual process of etching and drilling. In this
project, etching doesn’t include. Using of chemical will not be needed.

This project is designfor the students whom electronics hobbyist to enhance their knowledge in applying
electronics to a machine.This research leads the students/users to enhance the knowledge in machines relating on the
field of electronics.

II

In this section, the marterials used will be presented along with its function and the methods of this research such as
Conceptual Framework and the Methods and Procedure . To achieve the goals and objectives of the study, we have
gathered different informations and datas from different references specially when it comes to marterials.33102626
 In Figure 2, the input is the Designed PCB layout. Using the FTDI module, it will load the data from the
GCODE then feed to the microcontroller which is the brain in our project as the code will be load. After the
microcontroller processed the code, it will be fed to our motors, each motor (X, Y, Z stepper motor) has a motor
driver. The motor driver will be the ones to drive the stepper motors to its precise voltage. The stepper motor (X, Y,
Z axes) will now execute as per given instruction then drill and mill the PCB.

The following are the materials that will be used to conduct the study:

FTDI Module– This research will be using an FTDI module to load the data, which is coming from the PC system

into the controller.

Power Supply – This research will be using a 5V-regulated Power Supply for the microcontroller to function.

Stepper Motor- This research will be using a stepper motor that converts digital pulses into mechanical shaft

rotation in a number of equal steps

Microcontroller- This research will be using a compact integrated circuit designed to govern a specific operation in

an embedded system

Limit Switch – This research will be using a limit switches to ensure that the motors won’t exceed their limits and

stop spinning.

Motor Driver – This research will be using a Motor Driver circuit to be use for the stepper motor to drive up to

30V.

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) – This research will be using the most important material (PCB) to achieve the

drilling and milling from the designed layout.

Drill Bit – This Research will use drill bit such as end mill and spiral drill to perform the milling and drilling in

PCB.
In Figure 3, the PCB Layout will be designed using EAGLE Software.