On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:52, Mike Harrison scribbled:

> For small panels, you DO NOT want the PCB house to depanellise them. It=
's a
> LOT easier to assemble (and often test) small PCBs in sheets of several=
 at
> a time, then snap them out afterwards. You need to set your panel up so=
 you
> have breakout tabs in places that won't cause a problem after breakout,=
 but
> will provide enough support for assembly.

Good point, and if tab-routing costs more, then you panelize them with yo=
ur=20
layout SW, and place rows of holes all over the board where they need to =
be=20
snapped apart.  Sort of like "perforations".

Personally, I would just use .032 thickness board and cut them easily wit=
h a=20
pair of scissors.

Cheers,
-Neil.

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