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Yes, great work! I think of PCB design like golf -- low scores are better, but nobody hits a hole-in-one every time they tee up. 3 revs is shooting par for even simple designs, much less a complex RF design like this.

Having someone else look over the design is always useful. A healthy distrust of datasheets is always useful. But at some point, you have to ask yourself you have reduced the risk of errors enough that a couple of rework wires with get you through debug, at which point just go fab it. Blue wires tack-soldered on are a fact of life in prototyping. It is easy to obsess over PCB designs, but "fail fast" applies here, too.




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