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DIN41612 routing back on course.

A project log for Backbone Bus

Backbone is my proposal for an off-chip, Wishbone-inspired backplane interconnect that supports multiple bus masters.

samuel-a-falvo-iiSamuel A. Falvo II 05/31/2016 at 16:580 Comments

I discovered a number of settings in PCB that allows me to route all 96 pins of a DIN 41612 connector on a single side of a two-layer circuit board. I had to set my trace size to 6 mil, and reduce my annular ring size to somewhere in the vicinity of 10mil. These are figures which OSHPark seems to support, so I don't think other PCB fabs will have issues either.

I have many of the paths routed already. I just need to find an optimal layout for the rest of the circuitry. I really wish I didn't need a 74LVT20 or 74LVT04. Capturing and responding to signals on a card-by-card basis really ruins the elegance of the overall design, and appreciably complects the routing of signals. Thankfully I have two layers to play with.

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