Sep
9
Written by:
Gary Holbrook
9/9/2007 7:00 AM
I just tried hooking both servos up to my prototype board, to no avail. I had already been concerned about power problems, which is what prompted the design of the printed board. Unfortunately, I made some serious errors on the board and will need to modify the plans. Namely, the pads need to be larger, and I printed the circuit on the wrong side of the board (it was mirrored). I'm not real pleased with the toner transfer method of printing boards, although I will try it again before I drop it altogether. Next I'll try the screen printing method already noted, and after that I intend to try direct printing on the board.
On the plus side of things, I had suspected power and\or noise would become and issue for me-and it did! Since I'm in a small holding pattern with printed PCBs, this will give me a chance to mod my original prototype and work through these issues.
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