Hello
I was wondering if the beaglebone proto cape has traces that go in a certain direction in the center section? It's not really apparent by looking at it
Thanks!
How to wire beaglebone pcb proto cape?
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Re: How to wire beaglebone pcb proto cape?
No. None of the pads are connected to each other.
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Re: How to wire beaglebone pcb proto cape?
Hi!
I was just about to ask a similar question - what is the smartest way to do the wiring on a pcb proto cape? Do you have a picture of a project? I assume that it's trivial, but all solutions I can think of are kind of hacky.
Many thanks!
I was just about to ask a similar question - what is the smartest way to do the wiring on a pcb proto cape? Do you have a picture of a project? I assume that it's trivial, but all solutions I can think of are kind of hacky.
Many thanks!
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Re: How to wire beaglebone pcb proto cape?
With pad-per-hole board (like the Proto Cape has), The usual solution is to leave the leads of your components long and tack them pad-by-pad so they act like PCB traces.
You can also trim the component leads short and use wire to connect them.. either bare wire tacked pad-by-pad as before, or insulated wire running between points that aren't easy to connect with what amounts to a single-sided PCB layout. When you use insulated wire the usual practice is to solder it into a hole next to the component and bend a tail of wire across to the pad where the component lead is soldered.
You can also trim the component leads short and use wire to connect them.. either bare wire tacked pad-by-pad as before, or insulated wire running between points that aren't easy to connect with what amounts to a single-sided PCB layout. When you use insulated wire the usual practice is to solder it into a hole next to the component and bend a tail of wire across to the pad where the component lead is soldered.
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Re: How to wire beaglebone pcb proto cape?
That makes sense, many thanks!
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