The artwork layout on boards I prototype are usually the ones that are
completely functional and just about ready for mass production. They have to
look and work like the production ones. Every effort to make the boards
exactly the way the final production units are has to be made. There has to
be a minimum amount of vias (some pc houses calculate the vias in the cost
estimates), and extra blank pads. But your suggestion is a usable alternative

for single quantity fabrication.
Rick C.

William Chops Westfield wrote:

> On Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003, at 14:32 US/Pacific, Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> > "Rick C." wrote:
> >> My version on making thru-hole connections.
>
> > A method I used was to create a blank pad next to the IC pin on the top
> > of the PCB.
>
> One of the interesting issue with home-brew PCBs is that it can be
> useful to ADD vias if it helps avoid relying on PTH for connections
> from one side of the board to the other.  It's easy to solder a wire in
> a via, and rather less easy to
> ensure that a non-plated hole makes contact on both sides.  I don't
> think I've found a good way to convince Eagle to do that sort of thing,
> however.
>
> BillW
>
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