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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:10:24 -0000
> From: "upand_at_them" <upand_at_them@...>
> Subject: Making the simplest board
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Are there any tips to getting the simplest board with Eagle (free
> version)? I have a circuit that is fairly simple, very few
> components, but the autorouter in Eagle created something not as
> simple as I had hoped.
>

This shows two things:
1. probably is your first PCB
2. no one told you that autorouter can't be used in any circumstances

There are a few simple rules:
- optimise manually the component placement on the board, this will save
for you time and money
- route manually the GND, this will save you about troubles concerning
the noise
- autoroute, then see what bulshit eagle created for you, unroute
and optimize then with your brain already wrong routed wires

best
Vasile

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