Geo wrote: > Philip Pemberton wrote: > >> Working backwards, to keep a 70mil clearance with a pin pitch of 200 >> mils, that means each track will be about 130 mils wide, at most. With >> 1oz copper and 10C temperature rise, that's ~5.75A at most... > > Can you lay out that part of the pcb with tracks running on both sides > (1/2 the width). You mean just use a double sided board and run the same tracks on both sides? Yes but then I'd need to rig up some form of through plating (probably a few dozen extra holes and a similar number of Harwin track pins) -- my home PCB lab is double-sided capable, but not PTH capable. Cheers, -- Phil. piclist@philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist