Hi All, thanks all for this valuable comments. I see now that I should have studiedt more before creating the PCB. I really thought its just wiring the things together!
I see that the arduinix layout is much cleaner, but does it fullfill all the arguments from Alex? I will take all this input in my version 2. Many thanks again Sergio On Wednesday, 15 May 2013 02:21:38 UTC+2, nixiebunny wrote: > > Sergio, > > I see the problem. > > As others have said, your PC board layout may be correct for your net > list, but it is completely wrong for a switching power supply. > > The Nixie power supply design by Nick DeSmith is a good one. Copy it > exactly. > > When doing a PC board layout, the first thing to do is to move around > all the parts so that the connecting lines are as short as possible. > This takes a lot of time. I will typically spend a day moving the parts > around to get a nice placement. After I do that, then the wiring part of > the job only takes an hour. > > Also, be sure to use heavy traces for power. Those bypass capacitors > next to the ICs are essential too. > > A PC board layout that looks pretty is more likely to work well than one > with the traces spread nilly-willy all over the board. > > > > < > https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PsF8r0jvHEQ/UZDN7eiidtI/AAAAAAAABH4/x_mkJRi4IPU/s1600/nixieclock_v1.1_Leiterplatte.jpg> > > > > > > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c8312724-907c-4c6e-a066-f0b25ddac3a1%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
