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From: Spehro Pefhany
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:00

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:10:15 -0600, the renowned "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms@charter.net> wrote:

>
>You're just spoiled...
>
>8-layer boards aren't cheap.  Heck, four layer boards aren't cheap.  If I 
>can avoid it, I'll pick 2 layer whenever possible.  Great proto prices and 
>turn arounds.  With two layers to choose from, you have no choice but to 
>stitch like a carpet.  You only have room for one ground plane as such. 
>Heck, if you think you have room for two (maybe VCC and GND), you're being 
>lazy and could get by with 1 layer. :)
>
>Tim

These days even a house thermostat design requires a 432 pin BGA (plus
scores of other parts), so 1 or 2 layer boards are not practical. 8-(


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Spehro Pefhany
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