I thought I was designing a one sided PCB until I just had a thought.
My design uses SMT & TH components, all components reside on one side of the board, which means the tracks and pads for the TH being on one side, and the pads for the SMT being on the other...
So surely this is a two sided circuit design? and need to use VIA's (this sounds scarry to a novice)
Thinking out loud here but...
If I were to use plated through holes, would that mean I am able to keep all tracks and SMT pads on one side, using PTH pads to solder on the other side, elimenating the need for a two sided cicuit board? (and VIA's).
Sorry if thats confusing.
Thanks.
My design uses SMT & TH components, all components reside on one side of the board, which means the tracks and pads for the TH being on one side, and the pads for the SMT being on the other...
So surely this is a two sided circuit design? and need to use VIA's (this sounds scarry to a novice)
Thinking out loud here but...
If I were to use plated through holes, would that mean I am able to keep all tracks and SMT pads on one side, using PTH pads to solder on the other side, elimenating the need for a two sided cicuit board? (and VIA's).
Sorry if thats confusing.
Thanks.