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Old 11-13-2009, 11:23 PM   #2583 (permalink)
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Hi John! It's not a big deal. I'm an idiot. They are vias. I left that part out of the help file. I used to always just solder them in, and then I got lazy and figured that I would just add it to the assembly process, but I left it out of the directions. Check out these pictures:





Here's the work around that you can do:
Add a little supporting copper on the bottom side for the B+ path too. The vias were just there to make the current share between the bottom and top of the pcb, so a little extra on the bottom would do the same thing. In fact, I don't think it's necessary, but it would help keep the pcb cool. I'm sorry about that.
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