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DavyJones, If you need a low resistance path for the return or in other words path for high current then by all means, tie the ground planes or unused areas together. Even a single sided pcb can benefit from connecting the unused plated areas...
Dave Purola,
N8NTA
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Never saw a need to remove extra copper. When prototyping it sometimes helps to have a little extra if you need to change something.
Dave
Always wear safety glasses while programming.
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Ground plane are nice for various things. However they also have their culprits. You may do a little search and sure enough you will find some documentation on how to implement them the right way (assuming the author know how to)
You want to avoid unconnected islands, those may give you strange results and maybe screw up your whole design.
Take a bit of your time to read those bellow.
http://www.ce-mag.com/ce-mag.com/arc...103CE_028.html
http://www.radioing.com/eengineer/pcb-tips.html
http://www.amd.com/files/connectivit...86cc/22507.pdf
HTH
Steve
It's not a bug, it's a random feature.
There's no problem, only learning opportunities.
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Good advice from all.
I appreciate everyones advice. Thanks for the links Mr. E very helpful reading.
Thanks again
David
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