Homebrew PCBs

is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or does 
it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the 
smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I will 
post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let me 
know what you guys think of it so far .


John Brauweiler

John,
     Keep the traces that come out of the L298 to the motor
as fat and short as you can. Also the pins that go to the sense 
resistors to ground. Also the pin that supplies the plus motor voltage
to the L298. The rest can be thin.


                                        John     











--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "marble_h" <marble_h@y...> wrote:
> is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or 
does 
> it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the 
> smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I 
will 
> post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let 
me 

> know what you guys think of it so far .
> 
> 
> John Brauweiler

John,
     Don't forget the 8 diodes on the output of the L298. Forget
this if you are using a chip with internal diodes.

                                                John


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "marble_h" <marble_h@y...> wrote:
> is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or 
does 
> it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the 
> smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I 
will 
> post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let 
me 

> know what you guys think of it so far .
> 
> 
> John Brauweiler

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crankorgan wrote:

>  John,
>      Keep the traces that come out of the L298 to the motor
> as fat and short as you can. Also the pins that go to the sense
> resistors to ground. Also the pin that supplies the plus motor voltage
>
> to the L298. The rest can be thin.
>
>
>                                         John
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "marble_h" <marble_h@y...> wrote:
> > is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or
> does
> > it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the
> > smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I
> will
> > post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let
> me
> > know what you guys think of it so far .
> >
> >
> > John Brauweiler
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Depends what process your'e going to use for resist. Using laserprinted
paper sheets ironed onto copperclad I get away with 0.02" spacing and trace
widths........ Photoresist will get you down to maybe 0.01" or better.

Lukas

> is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or does
> it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the
> smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I will
> post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let me
> know what you guys think of it so far .
>
>
> John Brauweiler

In a message dated 03-May-02 18:14:33 Central Daylight Time, 
marble_h@... writes:


> is there a set thickness when doing a trace is .050 to small or does 
> it matter.On the board I just did ,I made most at .125 and the 
> smallest is .050 is that ok I have not finnished the board but I will 
> post it tonight I still have to but in all the dill holes but let me 
> know what you guys think of it so far .


The trace-width depends on TWO things:  How much CURRENT ("amps") the trace 
must conduct, and how SKILLED  you are in making a trace.  0.01" is found on 
professional PTH boards!  

0.05" wide traces are "healthy", and easy to do "manual" work.  0.125" is 
quite wide, actually!  You could pass three or four amps through a 1/8" wide 
trace with no problem.  I forget the site, now, where it describes how to 
calculate a trace-width based upon current to flow through it.  Someone else 
remember it?

Jan Rowland


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