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Source at commit 1d4b89ec4f453cbdfdff8667b16b634fe0be251f created 12 years 6 months ago.
By Werner Almesberger, labsw/mech/font.fpd: increased banana jack hole from 6 mm to 8 mm
1--- Thu 2011-09-01 ------------------------------------------------------------
2
3PCB milling #1:
4- setup:
5  - board is pertinax
6  - locally sourced "W.T." (Taiwan) mounting tape
7- measurements:
8  - board: 101.6 mm x 44.6 mm (nom. 102.0 mm x 50.0 mm)
9- defects found:
10  - drill broke on first hole, due to insufficient clearance found in
11    run #2. Second drill just cleared the board by sheer luck.
12  - drill/mill depth too shallow
13  - column cavities too wide
14- changes for next run:
15  - narrow column cavities from 8.4 mm to 8.0 mm (bad idea, see below)
16
17PCB milling #2;
18- changes made:
19  - board is FR4
20  - corrected depth
21- defects found:
22  - clearance insufficient (top copper damaged; endmill broke)
23- changes for next run:
24  - increase clearance by 1 mm
25  - future: include board thickness in gp2rml clearance calculation
26    (gp2rml calculates "clearance" from the highest point in the plot,
27   which for PCBs also happens to be the lowest point, and thus
28   includes the board itself and the vertical overshoot. 2 mm are
29   sufficient for 0.8 mm boards, but 1.6 mm boards need at least
30   0.8 mm more.)
31   
32PCB milling #3:
33- changes made:
34  - corrected clearance
35  - Tesa 5767 mounting tape
36- measurements:
37  - column cavity: ~7.6 mm x 10.3 mm (nom. 8.0 x 10.4 mm)
38  - board: 102.2 mm x 50.2 mm (nom. 102.0 mm x 50.0 mm)
39  - "narrow tongue": 9.1 mm (nom. 9.0 mm)
40  - "wide tongue": 14.1 mm (nom. 14.0 mm)
41- defects found:
42  - column cavities too narrow (also in design; need 8.4 mm)
43  - 100 mil header holes a little bit too small
44  - 200 mil header holes much too small
45  - rear edge touches wall
46  - front edge very close to buttons (not sure how close)
47- changes for next run:
48  - widen column cavities by 0.2 mm on each side
49  - compensate tool for 0.1 mm of board deflection on each side
50
51--- Fri 2011-09-02 ------------------------------------------------------------
52
53Layout printed on #3:
54- infrastructure:
55  - tried new approach of transferring both sides: instead of stapling
56    the two sheets, put adhesive tape around the edges. The result is
57    acceptable, but not as good as the work-intensive one side at a time
58    approach used for ben-wpan.
59  - battery pack for laminator control broke down mechanically. Replaced
60    with adapter for obscure 500 mil pack I had laying around.
61- problems found:
62  - "make it look like an accident" isn't such a good idea for the trace
63    connecting the relays to 5V. I was tempted to scratch off the toner,
64    thinking the pin had bled into the trace.
65  - annulus around DIP pins seems too small for 35 mil holes. The holes
66    are nominally only 0.5 mm, but that in turn may make them too small.
67- changes for next run:
68  - make 5V relay traces go clearly for the centers of the respective pins
69  - determine correct hole size for DIP
70
71--- Sat 2011-09-03 ------------------------------------------------------------
72
73Soldered #3:
74- problems found:
75  - DIP copper rings were too small for easy soldering, as expected
76  - cosmetic: screw-down headers (K1, K2) are very loose and end up
77    visibly angled
78  - cosmetic: vias between OUT opto-couplers are a bit close to the
79    sockets, making them almost disappear under them. Would be nicer if
80    they had more clearance.
81  - MCU and DIP sockets should have orientation markings on the copper
82    layer. In other news, Chip Quick is quite suitable for removing a
83    misplaced 32-LQFP.
84  - the footprints of the 1 W resistors (R7-R10) are way too short.
85    Placed 0805 instead.
86
87(next run)
88- changes made
89  - made 5V relay traces go clearly for the centers of the respective pins
90  - changed DIP hole size from 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm, hole-to-copper ratio from
91    2.5 to 2
92
93Pending:
94- widen column cavities by 0.2 mm on each side
95- consider pulling in front edge a little in buttons area
96- uncopper mounting holes (using "loop" as "if" in fped)
97- change mill nominal diameter from 35 mil to 26-27 mil
98- move vias between OUT opto-couplers 0.2 mm to the center
99- add orientation markings on copper layer for MCU and DIP sockets
100- verify 2512 footprint of 1 W resistors
101- add ground zones
102

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