Matt Bennett wrote:
> A ground plane tends to make the board radiate less and be less
> susceptible to external interference.

It does, but that is not much of a issue for one-off or hobby boards.  For
such boards, the main point of a ground plane is to provide a very low
impedence common reference voltage for the other signals.


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