[sdiy] PCB size

[David Ingebretsen]

I'm not quite sure how to explain my question...

I'm looking for opinions regarding making one bigger PCB versus several
smaller PCB's for my Synthacon project.

I'm not so worried about cost difference, more about wiring and assembly
efficiency.

Looking at the schematics and panel layout, it looks like there were several
individual boards, VCO's on one, EG on another, etc. and flying wires were
used to interconnect them. I want to keep the same basic look and feel of
the original; single panel, no patch cords except to the keyboard, etc.

In some ways, it just seems so much simpler to make one large PCB and use
PCB mounted switches, pots, etc where possible.

But, the complexity does increase and while cost isn't that big a factor, I
can see the cost going way up because there would be a lot of blank space on
the bigger PCB.

I guess I'd just appreciate any thoughts on the matter as I'm sure there are
many of you who have done far more PCB designs than I have and much more
complex ones that the Synthacon designs.