On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:28 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 4-layer board is just about ready to go. I've received some great > advice and tips from this email group, especially on laying down the > ground and power planes. I know that the way to connect devices to these > planes is with thermals, but what about the pins from the power supply > connector? One thermal connection may not be enough (there are lots of > LEDs to feed), but I don't see any other way except to maybe run a fat > (power) surface trace and use several thermals to feed the power planes. > > Is this the best way or have I missed something?
I would be surprised if the thermals are a problem. How much current is required? Typically the thermals are only a few squares which for 1oz copper should around few milliohms. (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.org _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
