On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:03:57 -0500, you wrote:

>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 =
your=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 =
with a=20
>pair of scissors.
This can work well for some PCBs, but the flexibility means that it can =
be hard to hold it rigidly
in an assembly jig, You also need to think about assembly order to ensure=
 you can cut the PCBs out
easily.=20

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