PC boards and software

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Fri Apr 16 23:46:22 2004

Tony Duell wrote:

> It's also a lot slower (you can etch and drill a PCB in an afternoon --
> I've done it, whereas it'll take about a week for the PCB to be sent back
> to you by post (at least if your snail-mail is anything like ours).

Good you can do all my PCB's for me. At one time you could do a decent
layout at home, but now days with surface mount crap and tiny tiny
traces I don't it is worth the risk.


> When you're prototyping, modifying, trying things as you go, it rapidly
> becomes impossible if you have to wait a week for every new version of
> the PCB!

That is why I use reams and reams of quad paper for my schematics.
For prototyping ideas more quad paper. :)
Ben.
Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 23:46:22 BST