Once Andrew told me to run the auto router with a via cost of 10 and then 100. I¹ve never done a board as big as an S100 before though.
Rich -- Rich Cini Collector of Classic Computers Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator http://www.classiccmp.org/cini http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32 On 8/22/14, 1:31 PM, "Don Caprio" <[email protected]> wrote: >My board is currently at 203 so it falls under the 300 mark. > >On 08/22/14 10:06 AM, Todd Goodman wrote: >> * Don Caprio<[email protected]> [140822 12:46]: >>> Are there any guidelines for acceptable number of via's on >>> an S-100 PCB? How do quantity factor into manufacturing? >>> I'm guessing fewer number means less cost and possibly >>> shorter overall trace lengths. >>> >>> Autorouter starts to slow down and eliminate less and less. >>> Doesn't seem like it's worth it to continue to run autorouter >>> to reduce via with results like 1 or 2 a day. >> Hi Don, >> >> For PCBCart.com I think their pricing varies based on< 300, 300-600, >> and> 600. >> >> I'm not sure how much it varies (it's hard to get a good idea there >> without putting in parameters and then varying them to see) and I've >> tried asking their support in the past and they basically said to just >> keep trying with different parameters. >> >> Todd >> > >-- >Don Caprio >[email protected] > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"N8VEM-S100" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
