Originally Posted by Drools  Sorry for the questions I'm just trying to learn the process and do the board correct the first time I route it. I always thought a via was to transfer a signal trace from one layer to an other layer. In my case top to bottom layer.
I did try to create the schematic and then make the board from there but there did not seem to be any logic to what the board layout was when I did the auto routing?
Jay, I notice the LED does not have any traces on the bottom and it is a through-hole component, how do I solder the LED if it is sitting flush to the PCB?
I did have the logic traces at .016 but in your previous post I thought you meant that was too small so I bumped them up to the next size. |
No I meant the spacing between them seemed too small. I'm not sure which are LED's unless it's the 2 diodes by the Berg connector (might want to add component labels). Any green pads will show up on both the top and bottom layer. If you have a green pad existing that has the same signal you want to take to the other side you don't really need a via. But, if you are doing this at home, and you don't think you'll be able to add a little solder on both sides of a through-hole part then that might be a good idea ... just more work filling vias.
Some like the autorouter, I prefer to hand route. Have you ran PCB-Gcode and looked at the resulting gcode. Have you been over to
www.millpcbs.com and looked through Phil's suggestions/methods?
I would want to send me your circuit schematic, I could try my hand at routing it.
Jay