On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:39, EATON,JOHN (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > Times have changed. We are now more aware of what > the accumulation of all these technical waste > products do when they wind up in our ecosphere. > Don't add to the problem. At least do the research > and come up with a safe and acceptable means of > handling the waste.
And if you have children in the house, you don't want to have too many things that look like coca-cola staying around. In the workspace it is even forbidden to do chemical etching without proper training and equipment, and I am talking about 3-4 boards a year with 30+ components. Mostly we let a PCB vendor make them for us, but it is really nice to check the concept by self-test before you send off the gerbers. Simulating spice with a MCU is not an option :-) -- Svenn
