Printed Circuit Board Design
They say you can judge a printed circuit board by how easy it looks like it was to do. The easier it looks, the better job the layout designer did. Here's an example: Board 1 and Board 2 were designed from the same net list.
Board 1 (left) was done by automation under the control of an experienced board designer who had no understanding of the circuit function and signal flow. This is a six-layer board.
We designed Board 2 (right). We used only our experience and a complete understanding of the circuit function. Board 2 is four layers. Both pictures are of the area around the i960 CPU where two 32-bit buses meet.
We use ©PADS-PowerPCB to design our boards and can work with nearly any net list source.
We provide all Gerber documentation and files necessary to manufacture the final board.
Blair Labs ... When there has to be a better way.