Calling all PCB Designers! (For the brand new Model F project)
Posted: 27 Dec 2015, 04:21
Can any PCB designers help shrink the footprint of the xwhatsit Model F USB?
Now that the brand new Model F F62 and F77 keyboard prototypes are finished, I am working on the alternative case design I mentioned in the thread, for those who want a more compact 60% Model F keyboard and F77 keyboard.
To make the case smaller we would need to make the xwhatsit controller take up a smaller PCB area.
Since the xwhatsit PCB is a part of the capacitive PCB for the project (like on the original XT keyboard), there does not need to be the extra spacing and holes for the pins and the PCB can be squeezed a bit.
It would be a great help if any of you PCB designers can volunteer to move some things around on the xwhatsit Model F PCB. I think the PCB footprint could be cut in half the size (cutting in both length and width directions), especially since it does not need the 4 ground pins or as much of a ground plane as the controller PCB would share the large ground plane of the capacitive PCB.
Feel free to discuss with me over PM if you'd prefer.
Here's a sense of what I was thinking:
Now that the brand new Model F F62 and F77 keyboard prototypes are finished, I am working on the alternative case design I mentioned in the thread, for those who want a more compact 60% Model F keyboard and F77 keyboard.
To make the case smaller we would need to make the xwhatsit controller take up a smaller PCB area.
Since the xwhatsit PCB is a part of the capacitive PCB for the project (like on the original XT keyboard), there does not need to be the extra spacing and holes for the pins and the PCB can be squeezed a bit.
It would be a great help if any of you PCB designers can volunteer to move some things around on the xwhatsit Model F PCB. I think the PCB footprint could be cut in half the size (cutting in both length and width directions), especially since it does not need the 4 ground pins or as much of a ground plane as the controller PCB would share the large ground plane of the capacitive PCB.
Feel free to discuss with me over PM if you'd prefer.
Here's a sense of what I was thinking:
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