Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-10 Thread gene
I recently read about having the pcb fab house drill out vias from the surface to some depth. The article discussed using this technique to reduce stubs in the Z-axis, but I think it would work in your case too. I have no experience here though, and can't say if the operation is an

Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-10 Thread Steve Meier
having slept on this You can do this as a single project. But you need to split the plated cnc file up into two files. One file for your blind vias and a second for the vias that penetrate all layers. My understanding is that if you do this as a four layer board, the fab shop will build the

Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-09 Thread Neil Webster
Hi Steve, Sorry I should have described things better. The non-component side of the board has exposed pads that make deliberate contact with the body for a couple of selected nets on the PCB. All other nets on the PCB (eg power) can not be exposed on this side of the board. I had considered

Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-09 Thread Steve Meier
Neil, Another way to do this is to break your design up into two boards or two sets of gerber files and then combined the two sets of gerbers into one complete set. The first set would have your top layer and all routing layers on it. The second set would contain your bottom layers. You will

Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-07 Thread Steve Meier
Neil, If the requirement is not to have the board not make electrical contact with skin, why not put an insulator on the back of the board? There are various types of tapes and even sprayes that can be used to encapsolate one or both sides. Steve Meier Neil Webster wrote: Hi all, I have an

gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-06 Thread Neil Webster
Hi all, I have an application where I am creating a small PCB as the basis of an active electrode. The non-component side of the board is in contact with skin and exposed vias on this side of the board therefore must be avoided. In the previous generation of the design, the circuit was simple

Re: gEDA-user: Blind Buried Vias

2008-06-06 Thread DJ Delorie
Sorry, no change in the blind/buried via front yet. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user