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Pimpom
- Jan 1, 1970
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John said:---
To get started, why not use what you have and bend the leads to
convert them to surface-mount parts?
It'll save you lots of holes,
It will certainly do. I'll try it out with the next simple
design, maybe a dozen or so components.
I have certain self-imposed rules while designing a PCB, one ofexcept for the inevitable jumpers you'll
need on what was the component side of the board if you use
single
sided board and can't work out those pesky crossovers.
which is to use as few jumpers as possible. Having dozens of them
on a single board somehow seems clumsy to me.
And I really hate "those pesky crossovers" as you call them.
Working on an existing product during a fault-finding session
and/or when trying to improvise replacements with locally
available parts, all without any kind of manual, it's often
necessary to trace the circuit and reverse engineer it. It's easy
to develop an intense dislike for those crossovers, especially
when they occur every few millimeters.