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Can I design SMD elements on the back of THT?

I'm designing a PCB right now and found out I can save a lot of space using the back of THT elements. Is it legit to design like that? Are there any problems that might occur?

If you want to meet CE requirements for noise immunity and emissions, a two-layer board would help a lot.

In het algemeen, there is no problem with putting components on both sides of the board, in the same place. If you had a two (or more) layer board, you’d probably want to put a ground or power plane between them. Echter, you can’t do that with a single-layer board. So you should watch out for a fast digital chip interfering with an analog circuit. It would be inadvisable.

Bijvoorbeeld, put a microcontroller on one side and a high input impedance buffer on the other. But putting decoupling caps opposite the chip is probably a good plan.

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Olivier Smit

Oliver is een ervaren elektronica-ingenieur met kennis van PCB-ontwerp, analoge circuits, ingebedde systemen, en prototyping. Zijn diepgaande kennis omvat schematisch vastleggen, firmware-codering, simulatie, indeling, testen, en probleemoplossing. Oliver blinkt uit in het omzetten van projecten van concept naar massaproductie met behulp van zijn elektrische ontwerptalenten en mechanische vaardigheden.
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Olivier Smit

Oliver is een ervaren elektronica-ingenieur met kennis van PCB-ontwerp, analoge circuits, ingebedde systemen, en prototyping. Zijn diepgaande kennis omvat schematisch vastleggen, firmware-codering, simulatie, indeling, testen, en probleemoplossing. Oliver blinkt uit in het omzetten van projecten van concept naar massaproductie met behulp van zijn elektrische ontwerptalenten en mechanische vaardigheden.

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Zijn er problemen als ik verander? 0805 te 0402 opbouwmontage of kleiner?

Om de grootte van een PCB te verkleinen, Ik zal waarschijnlijk kleinere SM-componenten moeten gebruiken. Ik gebruik momenteel vooral 0805 passieven, en ik denk erover om er heen te gaan 0402 or smaller. Apart from power dissipation considerations, any pitfalls I should be aware of when making the transition?

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