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Quickie PCB Production (with Bonus NiCd Battery Charger)

Step 7Fill in the Ground Plane

Fill in the Ground Plane
It's easier on your etchant (and sometimes has beneficial electrical properties) if you keep a fair amount of copper on the board to use as a very-low-impedance ground path.

And it gives you something to do with the Chisel-tip Sharpie.

If you feel like it, you can do split power/ground planes. For some circuits you may want bypassing capacitors between the two planes scattered liberally around.
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