Nope, not true. You can have the silk on top - a phenomenon that someone recently was doing by accident.
h. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan McMahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:38 AM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: bottom side pad only in PCB > Is it true that this method will cause any silk screen outline to end up > on the bottom side of the board then (the same side which has the SMT pads)? > > harry eaton wrote: > > Dan, > > > > Let's start by assuming you can tolerate a tiny annular ring on the top > > side. If so, then make the pins have a miniscule annular ring and place SMD > > pads over them on the back side; use identical pin numbers for the pads and > > pins that are coincident. > > > > If you can't tolerate plated holes, then simply make SMD pads on the back > > side and make pure "mounting" holes for the pins to feed through. > > > > Either of these is fully supported with the current pcb code. Eventually we > > could have the pin annular ring have per-layer size. > > > > h. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan McMahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:17 PM > > Subject: gEDA-user: bottom side pad only in PCB > > > > > > > >>anyone ever have to deal with a part which is leaded but only wants a > >>solderside pad in PCB? I think it just doesn't do it currently. Anyone > >>have a workaround until I can get time to fix this? > >> > >>Thanks > >>-Dan > >> > >>p.s. Think metal package parts... > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.8/61 - Release Date: 8/1/05 > >
