In message <3F8D8AFF.F3B28636@3mtmp.com>, Josh Koffman writes >I'd love to give those inserts a try too before shelling out the bucks >to buy a whole bag of them. They are listed on Digikey's site, but all >of the Multicore products are non stock items. Anyone in North America >have them? Or has anyone else actually tried them? Seems like instead of >buying the board I need, I could invest in the inserts, which would >allow me to make this board and many others too. > >Josh I've used Multicore's Copperset system for several years and I'm quite impressed. It does leave a small bump when soldered but if you suck off the excess solder you can mount a 64 pin QFP package on top of them. Although the kit comes with special centre punch the 'rivets' do work with a cheap modified centre punch. The main problem is that the smallest hole size is 0.8mm which is getting big for a modern via. -- Martin Farrell -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.