> - Add a top overlay (if cost permits).
theres a top overlay in the design but its such a mess i thought the board
would look better without it (you can see it on the layout pdf on my site)
so i didn't bother putting it in that gerber set.

> - Make all tracks straight or 45 degrees.
yeah i got a bit lazy on this, maybe i'll change it if i can be bothered

> - Avoid internal angles of less than 90 degrees, eg. look at
> track junction near top
> right corner on bottom layer.
that looks just slightly less than 90 degrees, still noted

> These places allow etchant to be
> trapped and you can
> get over-etching (and it looks bad). Even 90 deg corners look
> nicer when a small
> fillet of 45 deg is added.
mmm can't say i've had any problems with any revs so far (the gerbers i've
sent are for a rev that hasn't been produced yet but the main changes are
increased pad sizes)

> - Try to make tracks exit pads from the end of the pad, looks nicer
noted

> - Pad sizes are well sized, but 0.010" tracks are a little on the
> fine side, looks like
> you could handle 0.012" or 0.015" no problems.
i just typed in the figure that the uni PCB guys gave me as min reccomended
and haven't got arround to increasing it.

>Only too fine if
> anyone is going to
> make the boards at home.
you'd be subjecting yourself to extreme pain if you tried to make this
without PTH anyway. A diy suitable layout would mean different priorities (i
wanted this pretty much as small as was feasible with through hole
components).

> - Hole sizes: You have 9 different sizes where 3 or 4 should be
> sufficient.
yeah, as my first PCB project i intially used standard lands from the
library and those i later replaced i based on ones from there. this could
probablly be changed if i can be bothered.

> - In a few places you have tracks running past the end of the pad.
yeah, mostly those tiny caps (which are actually a rules violation too but
they seem to fab ok on the uni process and worst case is you'd have to run a
knife down them) where i tried to keep the track as far away from the other
land as possible.

> - "Necking down" from one track size to another looks bad when
> done on a corner,
noted but not a big issue


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