Jesse Lackey wrote:
> I'm almost tempted to put a 
> via on most signal traces on a proto board just to give me these 
> options.  But I'm usually too confident to bother.  (Hubris will get you 
> every time)

Funny thing is, I actually thought about it.  But it seemed dumb to just 
sprinkle them around, because I'd still probably put them everywhere BUT 
where I'd need 'em...  In this case, for instance, in order to make it 
really easy to fix the problem I'd have needed TWO vias on each of two 
traces.  At that rate it would end up looking like perfboard...

(Though maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing.)

> 2. shorted PIC output pins seem to cause the chip to warm up, maybe to 
> the point of fairly hot, but haven't blown them, as one would think. 
> I'm thankful for this!  Gives one time to probe around.

Yeah, I'm always grateful for how robust PICs are!  They didn't feel 
particularly warm, but I didn't wait around long before cutting power.

> 3. a minor-ish fix for qty 10 isn't bad.  its the qty 100 that'll really 
> make you try hard to not make mistakes.  and yet, I do.

This is very good to hear just now!!

> Anyway, 8 hours of head-scratching sounds about right.  congrats on 
> getting it all to go.  if the patch wires are awkward and might work 
> themselves loose somehow, a little devcon 5-minute 2-part epoxy is 
> another fixit EE must-have.  great stuff.

Thanks - I'll keep it in mind, though I *think* they won't be stressed.

Cheers.
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Timothy J. Weber
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