Class Burn-List

ECE 3400, Fall 2017, Cornell University

Keeping a burn list is a good practice to keep yourself from getting ‘burned’ on future revisions: see [Sample Burn List] (https://volersystems.com/v-2010/91-pcb-layout-checklist/) for suggestions, while we are compiling our own list this semester.

• Make tracks width as big as possible. Smaller tracks are fragile, and tend to rip up more easily when soldered to.
• Always check the minimum spacing between tracks (6mils for 4PCB).
• Never do right-angle corners on tracks - they tend to break.
• Check for a common ground amoungst all your components.
• Add team name and revision number on top layer copper.
• Make sure power/ground planes have test points
• Dont connect jumper pins together with a trace on the board.
• Make sure RX/TX pins are swapped.
• Make sure there is physical (3D) clearence for the components- especially things like potentiometers that need to be adjusted.
• No high voltage lines near signal traces.
• If you have multiple IC’s (mux, op amp, etc.) then label them- its easy to get them confused when assembling.