[sdiy] PCB manufacturers for SMD

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 7 Sep 2012, at 18:00, Neil Johnson wrote:

> Tom,
> 
>> Olimex (who I've used in the past) give a 8mils minimum track width/space, and the pads on this chip are too close to meet that, so I need somewhere else, I think.
> 
> According to the Microchip datasheet for that device the recommended
> distance between pads on the land pattern is 8mil (0.2mm).  So either
> your DRC is slightly off or you need to review your land pattern.

Checking the land pattern on the Microchip datasheet does indeed show a 0.2mm space between pads, but this is only 7.87mils when converted, so that's probably why it isn't getting past my DRC. It's close, but it's not 8mils or greater. Time for some tweaking, I think.

Thanks,
Tom