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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] To fillet or not to fillet on a PCB pattern

From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Date: 2014-07-28

"Stefan Trethan stefan_trethan@... [Homebrew_PCBs]"
<Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> writes:
> In contrast I never teardrop pads unless requested specifically.

I've had a professionally made PCB fail at a pin junction in exactly the
way that teardrops are meant to prevent, so I tend to always use them on
my boards.