29 Dec
2008
29 Dec
'08
6:30 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
Sure. Acutally, I only use turned-pin sockets now, the extra cost is well
worth the lack of stress caused by intermittant connections [1].
In general, leaded compoents (resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors,
etc cna be trivially soldered on both sides. ICs can too (if you are
careful not to overheat them), and of course turned-pin sockets. Some
connectors (particularly those box header plugs) and switches can't. With
those, you have to run a track on the bottom side of the PCB to a
suitable via.
-tony
On Dec 28, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
In fact they're a whole lot easier, at least for the soldering!
And if you use turned pin IC sockets, and place them carefully & solder
them in in the right order you can also top solder them if you are
making the board at home, where you won't have plated through holes. -
Single sided board (does not matter how much jumpers I'll have
to put
in this beast)
Double sided PCBs are not much harder, surely?