PCB Creativity and Training: Utilizing Creative Routing Solutions with Tight Component Placement
When I was working in a research lab and designing PCBs for our homemade optical systems, my layouts were down and dirty. We didn’t worry about little things like packaging, limited board space, or compact routing. We were happy as long as we could get all of the required components to appear on the board and eventually the board became a printed circuit.
Once our microscope systems became more intricate, connecting our high speed, custom...