Commercial - by cost/board I mean the cost to assemble a PCB. Placing each component has a cost, even when done automatically, especially since that (probably u

Commercial - by cost/board I mean the cost to assemble a PCB. Placing each component has a cost, even when done automatically, especially since that (probably unique) cap is another type of component in the set-up stage. But I'm just a student and haven't actually ever produced a PCB in volume. But even for a hacker fewer components mean easier layout and assembly. Not to mention that the timings generated by a micro are much easier to tweak.