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Hello! A friend of mine sent me the sensor board out of his Operation Wolf machine to repair. It is in rough shape, so rather than try to cobble together traces, I am spinning up a new board.
Since I do not have access to the machine, I was wondering if anyone can tell me the distance from the center of the sensor to the bottom of the PCB, as show in the picture below:
I laid the board out to be very similar to the original, parts are in the same location, traces are running mostly the same as the original. But I had the thought, why not make a 21st century version of the board and go to surface mount parts where possible:
I am going to take a 2nd look at the layout, I did this really quickly. And instead of the electrolytic capacitors, I will probably parallel a few 0805 capacitors instead, as there is plenty of room. The surface mount design should be better for vibration too.
I will be making a few of these, not sure which version yet, but I may need someone to Guinea pig one of these in a working machine for me, so I know if I send it to my friend it should work unless there is another issue with his machine. Looking forward to your feedback.
Since I do not have access to the machine, I was wondering if anyone can tell me the distance from the center of the sensor to the bottom of the PCB, as show in the picture below:
I laid the board out to be very similar to the original, parts are in the same location, traces are running mostly the same as the original. But I had the thought, why not make a 21st century version of the board and go to surface mount parts where possible:
I am going to take a 2nd look at the layout, I did this really quickly. And instead of the electrolytic capacitors, I will probably parallel a few 0805 capacitors instead, as there is plenty of room. The surface mount design should be better for vibration too.
I will be making a few of these, not sure which version yet, but I may need someone to Guinea pig one of these in a working machine for me, so I know if I send it to my friend it should work unless there is another issue with his machine. Looking forward to your feedback.