Front panel controller

From: Tom Uban <uban_at_ubanproductions.com>
Date: Fri May 14 15:42:25 2004

>I use Eagle too. Spent the whole $1200. Maybe whether humans are better at
>routing depends on the human. It was pretty clear to me that wasn't how I
>wanted to spend my time, even if I could do a better job, so I am really
>happy with the autorouter -- I let it handle the "easy" 90 percent of the
>routing job.

Heh! Well, I didn't want to pay for it either:-)

>I like to make my own PCBs when I can, though -- no solder mask there.

If you are doing much surface mount, especially with the finer pitch parts,
you want a solder mask.

>Maybe I will try my wings with surface mount using some of these 74f04d I
>recently inherited :-)

I bought a used Metcal MX1 on eBay and it is easily the best iron I've
ever used! Throw out all of the others. I also have a Bausch & Lomb Stereo
Zoom 4 microscope which makes surface mount much easier, at least for my
aging eyes.

--tom
Received on Fri May 14 2004 - 15:42:25 BST