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I'm designing a suite of guitar effect stomp boxes and need to decide whether I design the PCB for SMT, through-hole or a combination of both. There are a few components like POTS, switches and jacks that are better suited to through hole components since they make up the physical/mechanical build of the box. My question is should I design the PCB to be 100% through hole or would a mix of SMT and through hole components be OK considering the potential for volume manufacturing? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.
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A****min
May 25.2019, 10:09:22
For those I DIY, I use both for primarily the reason it's far simpler to DIY a single sided PCB and when using SMD the routing paths are more difficult to find, but with the addition of a few TH resistors on selected Nets, they open the paths for traces that would be tricky to find without other side wire links or a double sided PCB.
For any volume you'd get them from a PCB house and double sided of course.
For manufacture there will be other considerations, primarily the choice between Reflow (SMD only) or Wave soldering where components need be stuck down (SMD and TH).
Adhered components can make rework more difficult when used.
