William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
>>>> Why is plating even necessary, for a one-off type of
>>>> application?
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something?
>
> What you're missing is that regardless of "rules", it is frequently
> not possible to solder the component-side of the PCB for MANY
> components.  The easiest examples are IC sockets, LED displays, and
> header pins/sockets.  But if you start making some PCBs without PTH,
> you quickly find many more :-(

Bill, I realized and admitted my error. It's just been a while since I had 
to think about design considerations for a single sided board without PTH.

Vitaliy 

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