Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!uvicctr.UVic.CA!climber From: climber@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (climber) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: plated thru holes Message-ID: <1109@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> Date: 28 May 90 19:57:24 GMT Distribution: na Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada Lines: 18 I am designing double sided boards that I am planning to etch myself. Now, I want to start using pin arrays and realized that I will now need plated thru holes (where the copper lines the hole itself making a nice connection between top and bottom traces). Is there a way I, a hobbyist with measly resources, can build a two-sided board with plated thru holes? I would like to avoid the following: tremendous equipment expense having to spend more than $10 per prototype board (outside the costs of blank PC board) Has anyone tried this? How does the big-wigs in the industry do it? Send any responses to: climber@sol.UVic.ca Any help would be greatly appreciated. Craig