On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Josh Koffman wrote: > I just had a quick look, but here are a couple of thoughts. First off, > I'd swap the position of the crystal and its caps. I've always been > taught that the shorter you keep the oscillator traces, the better. > Plus it might give you more "finger room" around those switches, > depending on the height of the crystal. > > Second, the way you've chosen to connect and then place the LEDs and > their resistors has resulted in a lot of extra business on that side > of the board. I know it probably doesn't make much difference as you > use the autorouter, but if you either connected the resistor to the > port pin, then to the LED _OR_ swapped the physical location of each > resistor and LED, you might end up with a cleaner PCB. > > After I route a PCB (which is almost always manually) I then go back > and see how much I grow the trace sizes. For the speeds I'm running > things at, there's no need for .01" traces when there's enough room > for 0.024. This usually involves moving vias, etc. > > Josh > Thanks! I'll swap the crystal and caps and try clean up the LEDs. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .