Components
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Place the following components on the edge of the board:
- Heat sink
- On/Off switch
- Power connector
- Spring terminal block
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Have switch near power connector
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Have LED near switch
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Place heat sink away from controls (fingers that will be
manipulting them)
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Put Iset and Vset pots near one another and in a row or column
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Place components on 50 mil grid
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Align adjacent resistors in rows and column
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Each of the four mounting holes should be near one of the board corners
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Board
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Make the board outline rectangular
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Board dimensions should be on 0.1" grid
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Make the board outline as small as reasonably possible
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Center mounting holes on 0.1" grid
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Place mounting holes symmetrically
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Route wires on 20 mil grid
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Wires
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Use 16 mil wires
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Do not use the autorouter
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Avoid routing wires between close pins
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Avoid routing wires between 1206 pads
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Avoid 90° bends in wires
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Avoid routing on the bottom layer
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Use ground via's when convenient
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Copper pours
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Copper pour ground on the bottom plane
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Copper pour power on the top plane
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Exactly align top and bottom pour exact
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Silk screen
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Uniform font and size for part designators (name and value)
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Uniform location for part designators on similar parts
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Add "on"/"off" text near the switch with correct orientation
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Add "CURR" next to Iset pot and "VOLT" next to Vset pot
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Add polarity, voltage and current details next to DC power input jack
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Optional
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Add Blaster ftw
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This is an individual assignment.
Note: Everyone has access to everyone else's folder - do not make this
the primary repository for your schematic and layout. And do not copy
anyone else's layout - I shouldn't even have to say this.
Print your layout as a PDF using the largest scale that allows your
layout to fit on one sheet of 8.5x11 in landscape if you like. Make
sure to have Visible Layers set to Preset_Standard as shown below.
Upload the PDF to Canvas.