Hopefully a few square inches. Not to mention its helping me learn eagle, but thats besides the point. And yes, I will still need caps and a big transformer, but those can be case mounted, they dont need to be mounted on the board :)FartingMonkey92:
How much space are you going to save by redesigning this PCB?Because you still have to locate a hefty transformer, rectifiers
and smoothing capacitors in your enclosure, plus panel connectors…
And you’ll still need a rather large heatsink to go with it, no point
skimping on that and using a smaller one after taking your time to
design the PCB and to stuff them…
Theyre both non-polarized as far as I can tell.bigglez:
Okay, much much better! Still have someSpikedCola:
Added a new version, this time with a GND pour! Its a teeny bit oversized (the image) but I hope you guys dont mind - its hard to read if I go much smallerthings to work on, though.
The single most agregous issue is that you have
inputs and outputs very close together. Doing so
runs a strong risk of feedback and oscillation.
Take a second look at the trace/tracks under C1.
The power traces are still way way way too thin.
Did you follow my instructions to bump up the
trace/track width?
You may keep the thin traces for some signals
around the IC, but the power, ground, and
output have to be at the very least 250mils.
I think there’s a serious error on the PCB in
the link, perhaps I’m missing something:
Isn’t C11 and C12 connected backwards?
As for upping the size of the power traces, would I be better off doing a pour for them aswell? It seems that if I up the traces I have to manually route them, there must be an easier way 