[minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)

  • From: Hugh Kilfoyle <kilfoyle@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:50:59 +1300

A magnificent effort!

Pads and holes look good to me.

Thanks for going to such trouble to produce these layouts for the benefit of us 
all.

73
Hugh
ZL1UEM


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> On 31/01/2014, at 10:12 am, Adrian Preda <ady.preda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Tnx Panos. Still to do the other boards.
> 
> The silkscreen I will do it at the end, when pcb is 101% ok. I have to 
> rearange all the text in order not to overlap.
> I saw now some small route closeups and some ugly route designs, I will fix 
> them.
> 
> To all, please tell if ok the holes and pads dimensions.
> 
> Adrian
> YO4HHP
> From: takis perreas <sv3auw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:40 PM
> Subject: [minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)
> 
> Congratulations Adrian!
> Excellent job you done there!
> 73
> Panos 
> sv3auw/m0lpt
> 
> 
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:12:04 -0800
> From: ady.preda@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)
> To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hi Minimos,
> 
> I made a revision for the PCB for factory or PnP/UV, so far the main board. 
> Not to much free time this week, it was snowing like hell here.
> 
> Some infos:
> Pads - 0.086 (~2.2mm) Transistors are 0.076
> Routes - 0.04 inch
> Space between ground plane and routes 0.012 inches (~0.3mm) - a little close 
> but I believe will work for PnP.
> Holes - 0.031 (0.8 mm) Trimmers 0.039 (1 mm)
> 
> Please check if ok. You can print the layout and see at 1:1 if ok. Pdf file 
> is A4 size paper.
> 
> The board is a liitle larger now (~5mm on each side) because I wanted to add 
> more gnd plane.
> 
> I added some extra holes at trim caps if you want to put small package trims 
> with 3 pins.
> 
> PCB:
> http://cqyo.ro/up_files/Minima_MB_PCB_revA.pdf
> 
> LAYOUT:
> http://cqyo.ro/up_files/Minima_MB_LAY_revA.pdf
> 
> Eagle files of Mainboard:
> http://cqyo.ro/up_files/MinimaCADrevA.rar
> 
> 
> Adrian
> YO4HHP
> 
> From: Ameer Khan <vu3sqm@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:04 PM
> Subject: [minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)
> 
> Dear friend,
>  
> Is the module Si570, for the Minima  is available in VU land ..?
> If so where and what  may be the price.
>  
> 73
>  
> VU3SQM
> Ameer khan
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ashok joshi
> To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 29 January, 2014 6:22 PM
> Subject: [minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)
> 
> Hi Sandeep two pcb sets for me pl. 
> ashok vu2ash
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Mvs Sarma <mvssarma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, well said Bhatnagar  jee,
>  Adrian has definitely struggled (played) around the design to present his 
> end product. while there are umpkeen EDA packages in the world for PCB,
>   re-inventing the wheel is waste of time.
>  Let us make or buy the pcb using his pretty artwork and progress realizing 
> Farhan's Minima.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:35 AM, gurudatta panda <gurudattabam@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> I will suggest to go for Sprint Layout Editor for new commers, version 5 or 
> 6. It is easy to use, auto route/manually route. And the important is you can 
> make a library easily and save for future use. A newbee in PCB domain also 
> can handle the Sprint, all problem is it needs a patch to work, evaluation 
> version can not save files. It have gerber, drill data, silk screen 
> export/import!! And this is not having auto part placement. (what I do is, 
> use other software to auto place the parts first, copies the placement scheme 
> manually in sprint).
> I am using this from several years, go for it and I am sure you will have fun.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Adrian Preda <ady.preda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Guys don't worry. Today or maybe tommorow I will make a revision to the 
> boards with bigger holes, pads and three pins trim caps option on the board. 
> 
> Adrian
> YO4HHP 
> 
> From: Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil <vu2swx@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:04 PM
> 
> Subject: [minima] Re: Minima PCB (eagle cad's)
> 
>  Hi all,
>      I have exported Adrians eagle schematic  to kicad. But my own skills in 
> Kicad is limited. May be I will  give it a try over the weekend. 
> 
> Sunil
> VU2SWX
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:09 PM, SP Bhatnagar <vu2spf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sandeep and other friends have been discussing about PCB designed very 
> swiftly by OM Adrian. 
> 
> I feel it is a professionally done board, compact and well laid. Definitely 
> larger pads will be fine for hand soldering. If the adhesion is not good, 
> copper detaches from the board on heating, specially in smaller pads/thin 
> tracks. I think G5V2 and G5V1 equivalent relays are available in local 
> markets in VU land. These are commonly used in some EPABX's. Larger relays 
> with similar foot print are also available. If spacing is not adjustable, 
> vertical mount should be OK. Two terminal trimmers are now seen in local 
> markets too so these should be fine too.
> 
> I have spent some time in designing a board using Ki-Cad and almost completed 
> the schematic part (leave aside the continuous improvement!). Very time 
> consuming for those who are not into it regularly. Converting to board is 
> another task needing a lot of patience. Hats off to OM Adrian and those who 
> are to further his job.
> 
> Happy miniming,
> 
> VU2SPF/ Bhatnagar
> 
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