Re: Power / Comms Attempt

Quoting Zach Hoeken :

> i think the comms board is a good candidate for making it one-sided.
> i think it would be a good intro into doing stuff with kicad too. if
> i get some time later tonight or this week, i think i'm going to give
> it try. i got a few ideas that might make it easier to do which
> would really rock. the easier it is to make, the better.
>
> plus, with a 1sided board, you can do the copper on one side and do a
> laserjet transfer on the otherside that has component instructions
> like part #'s, polarity, etc. that would be REALLY handy.

One small advantage of double sided for the comms board is that it
gives a big copper area for the power connections. But if we can
preserve that with a single-sided board that would be splendid.

Now that the developer's list is working can we all use that except for
private stuff which'll still go to reprap@bath.ac.uk?

Yours

Adrian

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oops! i was still in the habit of sending stuff to the reprap list.

however, after doing the stepper controller board yesterday, i'm
starting to come around to the double sided board. the major problem
i was having with the board is the fact that you have to solder
components to the component side of the board which can be really
tricky, especially for the power connectors.

it would be very trivial to make both pins solder to the copper side,
and then use a via to bring it back to the component side. via's are
easy to do, easy to understand, and very good soldering practice.

now that i'm getting more familiar with Kicad, i'll try and see if i
can make some via's to make that happen for some component side stuff.

On 2/22/07, Adrian Bowyer wrote:
> Quoting Zach Hoeken :
>
> > i think the comms board is a good candidate for making it one-sided.
> > i think it would be a good intro into doing stuff with kicad too. if
> > i get some time later tonight or this week, i think i'm going to give
> > it try. i got a few ideas that might make it easier to do which
> > would really rock. the easier it is to make, the better.
> >
> > plus, with a 1sided board, you can do the copper on one side and do a
> > laserjet transfer on the otherside that has component instructions
> > like part #'s, polarity, etc. that would be REALLY handy.
>
> One small advantage of double sided for the comms board is that it
> gives a big copper area for the power connections. But if we can
> preserve that with a single-sided board that would be splendid.
>
> Now that the developer's list is working can we all use that except for
> private stuff which'll still go to reprap@bath.ac.uk?
>
> Yours
>
> Adrian
>
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Quoting Zach Hoeken :

> it would be very trivial to make both pins solder to the copper side,
> and then use a via to bring it back to the component side. via's are
> easy to do, easy to understand, and very good soldering practice.

Good idea - it'd only need to be done for the hard-to-solder parts,
like the connectors.

Yours

Adrian

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