Homebrew PCBs

> What have you used that works, besides through hole plating?

Pressed fit header pins work best, especially for hidden vias. For the latter, you need to use flux on the tip of the pins after they are pressed flush with the board beneath where the component will go.

Cut the pin at the other side, it's the chamfered geometry of the uncut tip of the pin that allows a good joint with so little exposed solder. Also, because these pins are square and the hole is round, solder will wick below the board's surface which tends to reinforce the joint.

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--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Brian" <blue_eagle74@...> wrote:
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