I just repaired a Yamaha Click Track (fancy metronome) this AM; 2 ugly bakelite pcbs. Looks so hi-tech on the outside.......so ugly on the inside. Same thing with a Tascam stand alone digital 8 track hard drive audio recorder a few months back. Mark M. Adam Davis wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > >> Marechiare wrote: >> >>> How am I expected to come to the conclusion that single sided PCBs are >>> majority? >>> >> Take a look under the dashboard of your car, for example. >> > > And similarly, go to you big-box retailer, and open up all the mass > market electronic items. Not just DVD players and TVs (ie, home > electronics), but toys, calculators, timers, clocks, watches, CFL > lightbulbs, power tools, dimmers, hair dryers, GFCI devices, pathway > lights, keyboards, mice, etc, etc, etc. > > All of the items that are created millions in a manufacturing run are, > if at all possible, done on a single sided PCB because it saves > significant money over the entire batch. Yes, it's only pennies extra > per board, but that adds up when you manufacture 10 million of them. > > The difference is negligible when you are only manufacturing a few thousand. > > But in terms of # of products produced, AND square feet of PCB > produced, single sided certainly trumps double sided. Imagine how > many $5 - $14 electronic children's toys or CFL bulbs are produced > each day. > > -Adam > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist