Phil,
What I ment was he may work on circuits that don't require a
certain type component layout. I have trouble shot micro circuits
where traces ran all over the board in order to get to their
destination. By using manual routing and a few jumpers, alot of
circuits can be done with a single sided board. Unless you know Eagle
very well it will produce a double sided board. Some people "Get to
the Getten" (American Chopper) instead of thinking things out like you
or me. I try for a single sided board with no ground loops. Explaining
manual routing to people who don't understand how circuits work would
require more work. Most people just enter in the schematic and accept
the board they get. I have seen tons of circuits on the Internet. Most
are missing the standard .1uf DeGlitching caps.
John
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phil1960us@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> >
> > Phil,
> > There are tons of circuits out there where the component and
> > trace layout is not important.
>
> So, one should NOT discuss manual routing at all in a book on PCB
> design? That doesn't make sense to me. Especially when the Eagle
> autorouter will stall out pretty easily with out significant tweaking
> of the parameters.
>
> My point wasn't that layout and routing are critical. It was that in
> a book that teaches PCB building, manual routing should have a
> reasonably good treatment. I certainly don't see the controversy in
> that. He does talk about tweaking layout to get the autorouter to
> work, btw.
>
> ...and in case people think I'm trashing the book, I did recommend it.
>
> Phil