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- <h2 class="center" id="title">MY FIRST PCB</h2>
- <h6 class="center">14 JULY 2025</h5>
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- <div class="twocol justify"><p>In 2023, I started tinkering with DIY electronics as a hobby. Until now, I’ve
-been using development boards like the Arduino Uno and ESP-32-WROOM so that I
-can focus on the software. Recently, I decided to step outside of my comfort
-zone and design a PCB from scratch for a door lock I’m working on.</p>
-
-<p>The lock comprises two subsystems: a fingerprint sensor in front of the door
-and a servo connected to the physical lock behind the door. The fingerprint
-sensor authenticates the person and signals the servo behind the door to unlock
-the door over an encrypted RF channel.</p>
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-<table style="border: none; width: 100%">
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- <td style="border: none; width: 49.5%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
- <img src="front_design.jpeg" alt="Design (front)" style="width: 100%" />
- <p>Footprint (front)</p>
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- <td style="border: none; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
- <img src="front.jpeg" alt="PCB (front)" style="width: 100%" />
- <p>PCB (front)</p>
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- <td style="border: none; width: 49.5%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
- <img src="back_design.jpeg" alt="Design (back)" style="width: 100%" />
- <p>Footprint (back)</p>
- </td>
- <td style="border: none; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
- <img src="back.jpeg" alt="PCB (back)" style="width: 100%" />
- <p>PCB (back)</p>
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-<p>The PCBs have two layers. A copper region serves as the ground plane. The 0.3
-mm wide 1 oz/ft<sup>2</sup> copper traces can carry up to 500 mA (the tracks
-connecting the power source and the linear regulators have a width of 0.5 mm).
-Both subsystems were functional. I was able to control the servo reliably using
-the fingerprint sensor.</p>
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-<p>The designs aren’t without flaws, however. The main shortcoming of the circuits
-is that they draw significant amounts of quiescent currents despite employing
-sleep modes. The linear regulators were a poor choice as they dissipate too
-much heat. The fingerprint sensor and the servo draw 13.8 mA (3.3 V) and 4.6 mA
-(5 V) respectively, as long as they are connected to the power supply.</p>
-
-<p>Although the circuit didn’t draw more than 200 mA without a load, the servo
-under load could draw up to 600 mA. I’m sailing too close to the wind with 0.3
-mm copper traces. Instead, 0.4 mm wide 2 oz/ft<sup>2</sup> traces would have
-been safer.</p>
-
-<p>I’m working on improving the design to reduce idle current consumption and
-extend the battery life. Despite its deficiencies, this was my first PCB
-design, and I’m glad that it worked as well as it did. Custom PCB design marks
-an important milestone in my DIY electronics journey.</p>
-
-<p>Files: <a href="gerber_back.zip">gerber_back.zip</a>, <a href="gerber_front.zip">gerber_front.zip</a>,
- <a href="source.tar.gz">source.tar.gz</a></p>
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- <p class="post-author right">by Wickramage Don Sadeep Madurange</p>
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