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[Rask Ingemann Lambertsen]

On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 05:14:03PM +0100, Joerg Reisenweber wrote:
> 
> for your Q about project files instead of pdf: OM is making money by selling 
> hw, so there's not much sense in publishing data that doesn't help EE guys in 
> community to understand the hw but instead is only needed for production 
> purposes. In the end you can't do anything on a single-device basis with 
> layout or schem proj data you couldn't do without it. Or are you the guy 
> who's etching 8-layer at home and soldering uBGA by hand? ;-) You can't patch 
> a ready-done 8layer PCB, no matter what your document files are (sw POV on 
> hw!).

   Actually, it would be useful to know which signals are available from a
trace on the surface. With "only" the schematics and component placement
available, you're pretty much out of luck unless the signal happens to be
available at a test point, resistor, capacitor or some other component with
exposed terminals. The Big-C buzz fix is an example of a mod which makes use
of a surface trace.

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Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
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