Lately, I've been making a habit to myself to make sure all grounds of all IC's connect to one common ground plane for optimal circuit operation. Now I find myself in a situation in which breaking the ground plane in two and connecting them with a 2cm jumper will allow my board to auto-route 100% in Eagle.
My question is just how bad is it to do this where only two IC pins that require connection to ground are connected to ground through a 2cm jumper wire instead of a ground plane?
And would it be equivalent to a ground plane in a digital world if I used like maybe 3 or 4 unshielded jumper wires in parallel and soldered together?
My question is just how bad is it to do this where only two IC pins that require connection to ground are connected to ground through a 2cm jumper wire instead of a ground plane?
And would it be equivalent to a ground plane in a digital world if I used like maybe 3 or 4 unshielded jumper wires in parallel and soldered together?