On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 at 13:03:24, ZN wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Some terms:
>
>Two-sided board:
>Discounting the thin edges, all boards are two sided :-) three-sided would
>involve extra dimensions :-)
>
>Solder side / component side:
>Terms created by the invention of the PCB, the single layer (inaccurately
>but traditionally called single side) boards, where components pins are
>inserted into holes on one (component) side, and soldered to copper tracks
>on the other (solder) side. While components can be put on either or both
>sides, you can only solder on the one with exposed copper.
Nope - I had a non-working mouse board someone had tried to make. "It
doesn;t work" he said. Reason? All the components had been inserted on
the wrong side, and he HAD tried to solder on the non-plated side!
He also left 10mm (yes lmost 1/2 inch) of bare wire on the end of each
cable connection.
<lots snipped> - maybe though only one page in Nasta's PCB design
resolution (8-)#
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