The way I read the PCI spec, a number of years ago when I designed a PCI board, you were REQUIRED to terminate ALL power pins on the board with a specified capacitance that could be from the power plane or capacitors if the plane wasn't enough. It read to me that you could combine pins into one capacitor, but that the capacitance had to be there for the pins.
Having said that I have seen a number of boards that don't even have the power pins on the connector. I combined a few pins into fewer caps where I could and the board worked. I don't know if it would have passed the official comliancy test since only three protos were made before management abandoned the project. Robert D. LaMoreaux MTS Systems Corp. Powertrain Technology Division 4622 Runway Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108 734-822-9696 Fax 734-973-1103 Main Desk 734-973-1111 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
