Little Solder Hole Thing On PCB

[airman00]

If you look in my PCB I designed you'll see a little solder hole thing right above the FTDI chip .

What is that solder hole thing and what am I supposed to do when I get my PCB in the mail? Solder in that hole? Leave it be?

[kd5kfl]

Problaby a plated through hole. A way to carry a lead from one side of the board to the other side. So two leads dont cross.

[airman00]

I thought it was something like that

but do I have to fill in (solder it) the hole? or is it good the way it is?

[Soeren]

It is plated through by the PCB manufacturer, no need to solder it.

[airman00]

It is plated through by the PCB manufacturer, no need to solder it.

Ok thank you

[Admin]

Its called a via.

Vias are bad for high power tracing, and for noise sensitive circuits. For your circuit it's no big deal.

You should go all surface mount for this board - I'm willing to bet it will allow you to halve the size.