Quoting Michael Watterson : > ... > If it's not a production board just add caps across the pins. Or use > surface mount caps as they just need pads. Yes. Extend Vdd/Vss traces under the chips so they come close =20 together, so you can solder SMT bypass caps across traces. Adjust =20 soldermask accordingly. One alternate method is to find those sockets that have the bypass =20 caps built into them. But that adds cost. > ... > Eagle I think limits per version are only board size. Also number of layers -- 2 for the lowest (free) version. Cheers, -Neil. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .