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Newbie: How do I put component on bottom side of board ?

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Beginner looking to place a connector on the bottom side of the board.  How

do i do this ?  I intend to sandwich two boards together using a 12 pin SIL

connector (header on one board and plug on the other).

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

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  • John wrote:

    Mirror reverses, but how does eagle know that the component is now on the

    bottom side of the board?  (it seems to do this automatically with surface

    mounts but how does it know with leaded components) ? ie. if i want to put

    my SIL connector on the bottom, if i just use the mirror command, will the

    connector now be on the bottom ?  Maybe look at it from manufacturing.  If i

    give my design to a boardmaker, how they know if the connector is on top of

    board or bottom ?

     

    Thanks

    You have to add that info to the design notes you use for manufacturing

    or have silkscreen on both sides. I have used a dashed silkscreen on the

    component side for circuit side mounted parts. If you wave solder those

    holes need to be masked and parts added manually later. So adding a new

    layer showing the parts of the board that need solder masking agents

    applied before wave would help make sure the documentation is not

    overlooked.

     

    Paul R.

     

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  • John wrote:

    Mirror reverses, but how does eagle know that the component is now on the

    bottom side of the board?  (it seems to do this automatically with surface

    mounts but how does it know with leaded components) ? ie. if i want to put

    my SIL connector on the bottom, if i just use the mirror command, will the

    connector now be on the bottom ?  Maybe look at it from manufacturing.  If i

    give my design to a boardmaker, how they know if the connector is on top of

    board or bottom ?

     

    Thanks

    You have to add that info to the design notes you use for manufacturing

    or have silkscreen on both sides. I have used a dashed silkscreen on the

    component side for circuit side mounted parts. If you wave solder those

    holes need to be masked and parts added manually later. So adding a new

    layer showing the parts of the board that need solder masking agents

    applied before wave would help make sure the documentation is not

    overlooked.

     

    Paul R.

     

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