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Jana-Marie / Otter-Iron-PRO

USB-PD soldering station for JBC C245 handles.
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About L1 on v2.0 bottom PCB... #2

Closed rsre closed 4 years ago

rsre commented 4 years ago

Hi Jan,

A few friends and I were having a look at your design and we couldn't understand the purpose of L1 inductor on the Bottom PCB of v2.0.

Then we saw the picture of the assembled prototype and realised you had two 0 ohm resistors soldered there. Are you using them as fuses or for something else? Did you use the inductor symbol because it had the pad already designed?

Nice project over all, what are your thoughts regarding the design doneness?

Jana-Marie commented 4 years ago

Hey, I added L1 in case, if there is a energy storage needed (to reduce current spikes). However this is not the case and L1 can be bridged with a 0Ohm 2512 resistor.

I had an error on the "USB-PCB", which is now fixed but untested. Beside I think the design is more or less finished.

rsre commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the quick answer. So, just to check, would it be OK to remove L1 from the design?

Jana-Marie commented 4 years ago

It is!