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Other RP2040 boards • Re: [PCB Design Review] Custom battery powered RP2040 board

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Looks fairly respectable now.

I'm not sure why the I2C bus gets extra-wide tracks: I'd be inclined to make them the same size as all your other GPIOs (looks like 0.15mm?) and have back the extra space on the underside.

Your USB connector really needs a ground pin: you don't need power for a functioning USB, but you do need ground. Obviously you could bodge it on somewhere, but if you plan to use the USB it would make more sense to provide a 3-pin connector. Looks to be plenty of room if you spin R3 round below D2.

Same applies to the SWD connector but there's less space - if you are just wiring this up to make the signals available for emergency use, then maybe you accept that you bodge on a ground when required, but if you plan to make regular use of the SWD then a 3-pin connector makes more sense. Maybe adopt the smaller JST connector as used on PicoW etc?
As for adding ground pin to USB and SWD connectors, the USB will be more as a backup in case I can't use SWD for flash programming, and I won't assemble connectors themselves, but rather leave the through holes present and use jumpers on them, like this:
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I added GND to the USB connector, as it had more space available after rotating R3 like you said, and I will see if I can fit the JST-PH 3-pin connector the Pico uses (I have some as I used them in a previous test version of this project), but regardless, if I use a 3-pin connector with SWDIO and SWCLK to these two holes, and use the GND from the hole of the USB connector it should work right?

Statistics: Posted by LIOTH — Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:41 am



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