Electronics4you
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Hi there,
Doing double sided PCBs in CAD software like Eagle or Electronicsworkbench makes som problems for the hobbyist with no access to through hole plating machinery. When autorouting a double sided PCB the software make holes for components into vias. It means that you either have to make through hole plating to get the proper connection between the layers or solder the components on both sides. The first technique is quite expensive (and time-consuming) and the other a very bad idea.
Is it possible to set-up the software so that it doesn't use holes as vias, so the connections between the layers can be done with a piece of wire?
If that's not possible, could anyone then tell me how to make my own via on a PCB trace and make my own PCB traces manually, so I can manually solve the problem after autorouting?
Doing double sided PCBs in CAD software like Eagle or Electronicsworkbench makes som problems for the hobbyist with no access to through hole plating machinery. When autorouting a double sided PCB the software make holes for components into vias. It means that you either have to make through hole plating to get the proper connection between the layers or solder the components on both sides. The first technique is quite expensive (and time-consuming) and the other a very bad idea.
Is it possible to set-up the software so that it doesn't use holes as vias, so the connections between the layers can be done with a piece of wire?
If that's not possible, could anyone then tell me how to make my own via on a PCB trace and make my own PCB traces manually, so I can manually solve the problem after autorouting?