Micro USB spacing.
Added 2019-02-25 05:58:16 +0000 UTCFor Nick Nolte who was asking about the dimensions of the 2-pin micro USB connector I used on the prototype LED coaster.
When I have a component like this I tend to lay it on a 1/10" grid (a standard grid size in electronics) to get a feel for general size and pin/pad spacing. I'll then do a rough sketch as shown above (the original sketch on a post-it note block) and then build it on the PCB.
The socket fits very conveniently into 1/10" spacing. The doodle shows a grid where each square is one tenth of an inch.
The round pad marked as 1mm/2mm is a 1mm hole in a 2mm pad for the sockets through hole pins. The rectangular pads next to it are a rough guide to where I was going to place the side pads that are used to anchor the connector solidly in place.
The 3.5" square was just a rough guide to the whole PCB size.
Comments
Cliveoshop. Better and more understandable than Photoshop.
Chuck Kirchner
2019-02-25 23:29:59 +0000 UTCI'm a huge fan, Mr. Nolte.
Jeremy Impson
2019-02-25 23:27:48 +0000 UTCSign it, Frame it ... :)
2019-02-25 17:42:42 +0000 UTCThat's why I'm using this one. The whole connector can be physically secured to the PCB at the sides and the two big terminals for the power connections can be soldered solidly in place too.
Big Clive
2019-02-25 16:04:34 +0000 UTCAwesome! Amazing precision and detail.
2019-02-25 14:06:46 +0000 UTCMint
2019-02-25 12:22:09 +0000 UTCMy spacing for micro USB is ... at least 3 or 4 blocks away from anything that I work on. City blocks. Far too flimsy! :-)
Jeff Groves
2019-02-25 11:59:04 +0000 UTC
