I just jumped into this thread thinking "man I really hope he did something clever and made a 6 layer board with vias, awesome grounding, and low dielectric con

I just jumped into this thread thinking "man I really hope he did something clever and made a 6 layer board with vias, awesome grounding, and low dielectric constants at home" rather than him just firing the board off to a house and getting some standard FR4 back. KiCad post-CERN is great, nearly Altium 16-levels of good (arguably better in some cases). For some DIY goodness -- Paul Carlson's method[1] is still my favorite home method for making what-I-consider-really-almost-production-grade boards. Also throwing my hat in the ring for OSHPark as being the community/my vendor of choice as well. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au2ba5gWLWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au2ba5gWLWk