A paper printout was made as a test on a new laser printer. It was immediately obvious that the circuit board would not fit inside the pipe. Fortunately, no circuit boards had been produced but a new design will have to be routed.
KiCAD has an easy dimensioning tool and the shortest side of the first design was 70mm but the internal diameter of the pipe was 50mm. Since length shouldn't be an issue, it can be squeezed into a longer PCB.
Each time a change to the layout was done the traces (connections between components) had to be redone. This was time consuming. While it didn't take that long on a small board, it was still frustrating. Many PCB creators come with an autorouter to automatically create the traces. Currently, KiCAD doesn't seem to have one installed. While they aren't perfect, they can save a lot of time. For this reason another PCB designer was investigated; EasyEDA.
The schematic was recreated in EasyEDA which was a straight-forward task after exercising in KiCAD. All the components, including the Arduino Micro Pro, was already installed with EasyEDA so no complicated procedures were necessary to create a new part.
Downloads:
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Completed projects from year 1
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Completed projects from year 3
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2017-05-02 (Tu)
Printout next to pipe
KiCAD has an easy dimensioning tool and the shortest side of the first design was 70mm but the internal diameter of the pipe was 50mm. Since length shouldn't be an issue, it can be squeezed into a longer PCB.
PCB layout with dimensions
Each time a change to the layout was done the traces (connections between components) had to be redone. This was time consuming. While it didn't take that long on a small board, it was still frustrating. Many PCB creators come with an autorouter to automatically create the traces. Currently, KiCAD doesn't seem to have one installed. While they aren't perfect, they can save a lot of time. For this reason another PCB designer was investigated; EasyEDA.
The schematic was recreated in EasyEDA which was a straight-forward task after exercising in KiCAD. All the components, including the Arduino Micro Pro, was already installed with EasyEDA so no complicated procedures were necessary to create a new part.
Schematic in EasyEDA
Downloads:
- Arduino firmware
- OpenSCAD code
- STL printable models
- STL printable pipe dividers
- Python Last-Man-Standing program
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com/ and 24hourengineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information in this blog, or linked by this blog, are not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on a post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2017-05-02 (Tu)
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