infinitphase schematics

[troubledtom]

i agree mike,
   the alphawave is still hard wired til this day. the pcb work takes time.
zvex told me himself that the layouts for pcb's of a few of his devices caused a lot of head ache and heart ache.
 peace to all,
     - tom

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

One thing I notice from this thread (though I thin most know it already) is that different people have different strengths. In particular, some people find layig out a PCB a breeze, to others it is hell (count me in that).
"from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is applicable to the DIY community, even though the world is perhaps not ready for it  
Oh, the other thing we learn is that mike from Adelaide is a GOOD Guy, but we knew that already...!

[puretube]

There is no way I meant to say that layouting a PCB is a "Kindergarden" (getting 2 tubes on hi-voltage with overall gain of > 2million in a small box is an art, agreed, thank you);

But it is only a final step (which in my case s.t. not only can take mere hours, but days and weeks...) from a functionally working breadboarded or point-to-point assembled prototype status of a self-designed circuit (which itself in some cases can be a matter of only 10 minutes - but still have quite a bit of "spiritual" input!) onwards to a marketable box.

Isn`t it so, that the majority of the people frequenting this forum are looking rather for schematics than for "ready to copy" PCBs?
To me, this means that the (more advanced) DIY-ers are willing and able
to do the layouting labour (& art) themselves, presumed someone else has done the schematic "invention" beforehand...

(and this not only goals for the DIY-community, but also for the "real world" in the business)...

[mikeb]

I think the bias towards schematics rather than final PCB layout merely indicates where people's curiosity and collectors instincts lie, rather than highlighting these people *can* do PCB layouts and only require the schematics.

That it is a final step doesn't take away from the necessity of it. Without a 'final step' in all things, we are lost.

Mike