[sdiy] PCB manufacturers for SMD

[Neil Johnson]

Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:

> 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.

The datasheet specifies that as the _minimum_, so you could widen it
slightly to 8mils -- a difference of 0.13mils.  Nothing to worry
about.

Or, as Phil suggested, switch to a different PCB vendor.

Neil
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