[Arm-netbook] Plug computer and FreedomBox-related devices

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Christopher Havel
<laserhawk64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
>>
>> [...] even i was unable to move the micro-desktop board (which is
>> only 4in x 4.5in) forward because i had designed it as a 4-layer PCB -
>> costs are around $400 for qty 5 4-layer prototype boards on a 3 week
>> turnaround  by complete contrast, a 7-day turnaround for qty 5 2-layer
>> prototype (bare copper) boards with larger vias is around $40 for qty
>> 2, and around $100 for qty 5.
>
>
> Imbecile question: is it at all reasonably possible to redesign the
> micro-desktop board to be a 2-layer board?

 yes, i've done it already.  i do have to increase the via sizes from
10mil + a 20mil surround to 12mil + a 24mil surround to fit the rules
of a lower-cost PCB factory that i know of, but other than that, it's
done already.

l.