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I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for the project, so it will not be used in production and is for testing. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via (grr) from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up.software I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before orderingused (whoopsExpressPCB) of course doesn't have any checks for things like this.

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it because I used the bottom layer for traces to lower the size of the board. It is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB"prototype PCB".

Below you can find a picture of the portion of the board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

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Bottom

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The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.

I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for project, so it will not be used in production. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up. I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before ordering (whoops).

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB.

Below you can find a picture of the portion of the board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.

This board is a prototype for the project and is for testing. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via (grr) from the top layer of copper to the bottom, and the software I used (ExpressPCB) of course doesn't have any checks for things like this.

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board because I used the bottom layer for traces to lower the size of the board. It is a basic 2 layer "prototype PCB".

Below you can find a picture of the portion of the board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.
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I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for project, so it will not be used in production. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up. I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before ordering (whoops).

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB.

Below you can find a picture of the printed circuitportion of the board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.

I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for project, so it will not be used in production. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up. I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before ordering (whoops).

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB.

Below you can find a picture of the printed circuit board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.

I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for project, so it will not be used in production. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up. I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before ordering (whoops).

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB.

Below you can find a picture of the portion of the board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.
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Correcting printed PCB (add a via)

I designed and ordered a circuit board 2-3 days ago. This board is a prototype for project, so it will not be used in production. It is missing the soldermask and silkscreen layers, so correcting mistakes is very possible. The board was printed correctly, but somehow I missed one via from the top layer of copper to the bottom. It is pretty isolated, and the wiring is all done correctly and lines up. I just mistook the joint for a small via and didn't think twice about it before ordering (whoops).

I would like to know how to add my own via. There is no ground plane on this board, and it is a basic 2 layer prototype PCB.

Below you can find a picture of the printed circuit board front and back with the trace ends circled. They are lined up directly over/under each other. I need to connect those two.

Top enter image description here

Bottom

enter image description here

The two solutions I'd imagine would work:

  1. Use a tiny drill bit or mill and drill a hole through, and make sure solder is filling the whole and touching both traces
  2. Just solder a wire to the top trace, wrap it around, and solder it to the bottom trace.