@LexYeen @starkatt They're used for cases of "i need this trace to cross this trace but going from a 1-layer to a 2-layer board just for one trace feels wasteful", as well as cases of "well these two similar things could use the same board, just one of them needs a 100 Ω resistor here and the other one a short circuit" or "i need an easy way to have a couple configurable connections so the firmware knows what board revision it's on"
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@starseeker @LexYeen @starkatt that's the first use that I mentioned in the post i was writing as you said that!
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@Felthry @starkatt Huh. Wire for robots. What *will* those folks in the lab think up next?