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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:51:43 -0500
From: John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com>
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On 04/28/2012 07:14 PM, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>> PCB is a good panelizer.
> How so? (I'm just starting in using it, so not sure how this is accomplished?)

Like DJ said.

>>
>> seeed has so many restrictions on their $0.26/inch 2 layers
>> that I can't see using them for product. Oh, there are some
>> customers that would not care about rough edges...
> What restrictions do you mean? Elaborate.

They charge by a max size in modulus of 5cm, instead of an actual size,
they do not allow routing of slots,
they disallow layouts narrower than 20mm.

>> Teeny boards are a good value and they are best fabbed/assembled in groups,
>> so I'd only design my own routed edges with tabs.
> Teeny boards? Link maybe :)

I was talking generally -- small boards are high value.  Small == teeny.  US slang.

John