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points by phkahler 1 day ago | 0 comments
Pretty strict board requirements. They give an example motor controller, but then require your board to be 1oz copper. Motor controllers in particular often use 2oz for high current. No buried vias is an interesting requirement too. I'm not sure how often our guys use them but dense designs probably need them.

Still, looks super cool and I don't think the price difference is very high for a company doing prototypes.

[–] ycui7 1 day ago
like 99% of all prototype fit 1oz copper and within 4 layers. no via-in-pad.
[–] rkangel 20 hours ago
99% of prototype boards I've done involve a fine pitch BGA for which via-in-pad is fairly required. This is for prototypes of the product hardware, and doesn't include boards for test hardware etc which is more flexible.
[–] Vexs 1 day ago
> buried vias

Buried vias are /super/ expensive from any board house- and very uncommon in most prototyping designs as a result.

Obviously a bit different if you're doing boards with super dense BGA layout chips, but even then you can usually avoid it.

[–] kragen 1 day ago
I guess you can leave the solder mask off the high-current traces and then slather solder all over them?
[–] seddona 1 day ago
Yeah working on expanding the options here :-)