Re: EDP Mod

[Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com>]

At 2:46 AM -0700 5/25/99, Stew Benedict wrote:
>  Hey, I missed the details of the mod!  I don't think I've seen this
>problem with my plex, but it'd be good to add to the old folder just in
>case.

it wasn't posted. I'm going to put it on the website, I'll let you know
when it's there. For a lot of units it was done at the factory before it
shipped. So if you don't have the problem, you probably don't need to worry
about it.

>I lay out circuit boards as one of my careers.  Yes it is a bit
>easier with software.  In the "old" days, I used a special tape and mylar
>film, stacking up layers of film for board layers, working on a light
>table with an xacto knife.  You used to have to refer to the schematic(s)
>a lot to keep track  of what's connected where.  Now the software does
>that for you.  It is a rather enjoyable task for me anyway.  An almost
>artistic aspect of the design process.

They used to do ICs this way too!

PCB design is a bit of an artistic talent. Takes a certain type of
creativity to visualize the best ways for all the traces to route around
the board. On the complicated stuff I do these days, practically all of the
PCB gets hand routed (instead of autorouted). The layout designers we use
do seem to be a bit arty, and have this great intuition for sorting a lot
of it out in their mind as they go. I've heard many say it's a lot like
doing a painting. It's all done on software programs, of course, but
without the human involvement it's a disaster. the autorouters are no
substitute...

kim

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