Boards iwth
known large chips (micros, memory, LSI I/O devices) are the
easiest to do. Boards with just TTL (or 4000-series CMOS) are harder.
Boards with all discretes are harder still.
An 8-layer PCB with BGAs and TQFPs on it is *easy*? Maybe after a
few dozen good stiff drinks... :-)
Actually, if you'll let me use a BGA rework oven so I can remove said
chips and get to the connections, and provided I have data on the chips,
yes. It'd be a lot easier to work out a board with such chips on than a
board with, say , 1000 discrete transistors on it.
-tony