Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" 
<leon_heller@h...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
...
> 
> Pulsonix allows 'swappable' pins and gates to be swapped on the 
PCB, and the
> schematic may then be back-annotated.
> 

eagle does too for pins but not gates.  does psx?   also, I suspect 
no layout sw allows uP register pins to be swapped. 

> >
> > By the way, I also put SMDs on the "solder" side when doing mixed
> > TH/SM layouts to avoid vias for boards I'm making myself.  If it
> > prevents a drill hole, it is good.  But then if I'm using a board
> > house, I dont care, so viva las vias!
> 
> I have to put SMDs on the underside, as all my boards are single-
sided. I
> really ought to start making my own DS boards.

Wow, I think I'd go crazy if I didn't do DS boards.  Its really not 
much more work at all.

Phil