>If you have no plate-through, how is the connection done?
This applies to connectors and pin headers.....One way to do
it...First you normally solder the pins on the "solder side" then
using a plias (or fine screw driver as a lever) you raise the molded
plastic on the component side to expose the pads on that side and
solder. Press the plastic back in place.
Another way....Press the pins sufficiently out of the plastic first
then solder both sides using a pre-measured or estimated depth on
the "solder side" then press the plastic back.
>The same question for the pots on the upper border?
Had to resort to homebrew vias there.
>How do you go from 'one' side to the 'other' ?
Homebrew vias....Just a piece of bus wire (cut component
lead...whatever) soldered between aligned pads on both sides. Plated
holes are an unnecessary luxury in a homebrew scenario IMO.
The "undrilled" board below is only 2" by 1.5" and all the square
pads are "via pads" with matching pads on the other side. They are
only .050" square and the drill bit is .032" so side-to-side
alignment is critical. Another reason for the small size is that the
cluster of four near the upper left hand corner are necessarily
beneath a SMD component on the other side;
http://www.pbase.com/eldata/image/57044297/original--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Herbert E. Plett"
<cachureos@...> wrote:
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