Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:

--- Leon said: 
> > With my home made single-sided SMT boards I put all the SMT stuff
on the
> > bottom and through-hole components like connectors and wire links
on the
> > top. It looks a bit strange but works OK.
> >
> > Leon

...
> Actually most of my boards look like that, because i do not like to
bother 
> with two layers.
> I do not see any major disadvantage, and it seems quite common in the 
> industry too.

Yes, some brands of TV use that method quite extensively. I think it
it Thomson Electronics that makes it a nightmare by mixing SMT and
through-hole on doublesided boards with multiple vias and zero ohm
chip resistor jumpers. I've seen a connection cross sides 3 times and
go through several zero ohm jumpers, from what is just a line on a
schematic.

But that's the worst of it.

Steve