WIGGLING 'LITE' IN GUEST MODE

[abelovesfun]

Hello,

I've never had this issue before, and I'm having trouble finding more information as to what I did wrong.

I usually create my ground plane with a polygon, change the isolation, and go from there in Eagle. Up until now, I've had no issues.

Yesterday I was troubleshooting a prototype PCB and realized that none of my panel grounds (connected to real ground via a header) were connected.

Zooming in, I saw the following:

Sure enough, that blue line is too small, and didn't make it to the gerbers, which I neglected to check. Doh!

What setting controls the "width" of that line in Eagle?

Thanks,
Abe

[av500]

the wire width of the polygon, try something like 8 mil

[abelovesfun]

[EATyourGUITAR]

8 mil could be the minimum reliable trace width of a cheap fab. Don't go smaller than 8 mil unless you have experience or trust in a 6 mil Fab shop. For single sided diy etch I would go bigger but I would also increase the isolation gap. Sometimes 2 layer boards sold as kits are difficult to solder with a massive heatsink and a cheap soldering iron so I would even consider 6 mil from a good 6 mil Fab or 8 mil with only one side connected. All 4 sides with close gap 8 mil 2 oz copper is harder to heat up. I would avoid it if selling kits.