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| | [[User:Kamiquasi|Kamiquasi]] 23:25, 10 August 2011 (UTC) | | [[User:Kamiquasi|Kamiquasi]] 23:25, 10 August 2011 (UTC) |
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| − | The tables [[User:Kamiquasi|Kamiquasi]] made look really nice.
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| − | If we make a table like this, I want each row of the table to link directly to the "capabilities" page where we got the data in that row --
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| − | to make it easier for people to confirm that the current values are correct, and if not, to update them.
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| − | I agree that there are a lot of special cases that don't seem to fit a rectangular table. If that data is usually not necessary for PCB design, and it's easy to get from the "capabilities" link, I'm happy with deleting it from this page.
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| − | When I started editing this page, I was doing circuit board layout and wondering
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| − | "Hey, how big do I really need to make the outer diameter of the vias?".
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| − | Alas, I haven't seen *any* manufacturer directly state the outer diameter I need to draw for vias so they work fine when fabbed with their standard process. :-(
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| − | I prefer to pick a via size that I'm sure that several manufacturers can easily manufacture using their low-cost standard process.
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| − | So what size is that?
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| − | So this page started out as a few random examples of PCB manufacturers and
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| − | how big to make the vias, etc., to fit their "minimum" process.
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| − | Then I discovered that if I actually designed to those "minimum" numbers,
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| − | it took longer to get the hard PCB prototypes in my hand,
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| − | than if I had designed to their "standard" process.
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| − | Also, I got hit with a big fee for using their "non-standard" extra-small process.
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| − | And it was a big hassle to re-lay-out the board,
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| − | spreading everything out a little to make room for slightly larger vias.
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| − | Which led to the "preferred" vs "minimum" subsections for each fab.
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| − | Then the page exploded into a huge list of every PCB manufacturer anyone around here had ever heard of.
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| − | --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] ([[User talk:DavidCary|talk]]) 09:46, 5 June 2014 (PDT)
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