[sdiy] SMT PCB layout question

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On Thursday 24 February 2011, Justin Owen wrote:
> I've done a PTH version of this same board - but now I'm doing an SMT
> version I'm finding that much of the space I gained from going to
> smaller components is being taken up by through-hole vias.

Yes, but you can use much smaller vias - they don't need to be anywhere near 
the same size that your through holes were (depending on the design rules 
your manufacturer has they are approx. a third or a fourth the size of a 
small PTH).


Achim.
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