I would appreciate any feedback on whether it would be appropriate to use 1 3/4" (wide) x 1"(depth) actual size battons placed 16" on center over boards. We are building a new contemporary style house, and trying to achieve a nice board and batton look with cement board panels and trim. Thanks for any feedback.

I just did that very thing to our personal home and it work great. We used hardipanel (cedarmill) with Miratec for the batten strips. Miratec is more stable and straighter for the batten strip than the Hardi products.