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Default PC board drilling

Spacing is .067" on odd even basis.

Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Sep 19, 10:21 pm, RoyJ wrote:
This is an academic environment where certain equipment is available,
time is cheap, no budget for outside spending. It was a push to get the
$200 for the board houses. Problem seems to be that none of the on-line
board house software packages like the odd spacing.


50 mil spacing isn't odd at all unless the design grid is set to 100.

If you can change the grid, place your parts at 100, then change to 50
(or 25) for routing.

If not and you can top-solder the H Bridge pins, you could make the
pads oversize or use Copper to place fake pads where you want the off-
grid holes, then drill them manually.

jw