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ALTIUMLIVE 2018:Designing for AdaptationHunter ScottReach Labs, Dir. HW Engineering
San Diego10/4/18
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Who I am
● Director of Hardware Engineering at Reach Labs
● Design phased arrays, power systems
● ~10 years of HW experience
Setting Up
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What this is about
● How to design defensively and make it easy to modify your boards so
you can skip re-spins
● ”DFH” - Design for Hacking
Setting Up
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What this isn’t about
● How to rework
● How to debug/troubleshoot
● Design for manufacturing
Setting Up
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Difficulty of rework
Don’t get intimidated. You need:
● A stereo microscope
● Good soldering iron
● No coffee
or
● A good technician
Setting Up
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Useful standards
IPC-7711/7721 - Rework, Modification, and Repair of Electronic Assemblies
IPC-A-600 - Acceptability of Printed Circuit Boards
IPC J-STD-001-G - Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic
Assemblies
IPC-A-610E - Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies
Setting Up
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Organization
● Comment and annotate
schematics
● Label testpoints
● Describe correct behavior
Setting Up
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Make it easy to go between those options
Give yourself options
Isolate subcircuits
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High level techniques
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Isolate subcircuits
High level techniques
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Why it’s a good idea:
● Allows you to use pieces of multiple designs together
● With multiple boards, you can do A/B testing of modifications
● Plus easier to debug, characterize, verify
Isolate subcircuits
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Series resistors
Note: 0 ohm resistors can actually be as high as 50 mOhm. Pick a precision small value to get a resistor closer to 0 ohms.
Isolate subcircuits
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Load Switches
Load switches allow digitally controlled/selective isolation, plus bonus debugging signals
Isolate subcircuits
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Jumpers
Use a removable fuse as a jumper!
Isolate subcircuits486-1991-ND
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Jumpers
Isolate subcircuits
From Victor Laynez, @roteno
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Connectors
Isolate subcircuits
Watch out for big current loops in power lines. Will wreck EMC. Also watch out for loss in RF lines.
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Connectors
Isolate subcircuits
Example from TI Launchpad
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Connectors
Isolate subcircuits
RF jumper/isolation
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Give yourself options2
High level techniques
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DNP is your best friend
Give yourself options
● Costs nothing
● Easiest rework option you have
● DNP all over the place!
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DNP Filters
Give yourself options
Classic example: pi/T network
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DNP RF Connectors
Give yourself options
U.FL connector to measure before antenna
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DNP RF Connectors
Give yourself options
Another example from the TI board with a smaller connector before PCB antennas
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DNP RF Connectors
Give yourself options
BTW, tiny RF connectors are super confusing.
U.FL = IPEX = IPX = AMC = MHF = UMCC
If it’s not one of those, it won’t fit and you won’t realize it until the moment you try to plug it in.
U.FL ≠ E.FL ≠ W.FL ≠ lots of other tiny, similar looking connectors
*Don’t forget, these only work up to 6 GHz. If you’re higher than that, you need a different (bigger, more expensive) connector.
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DNP Debug Connectors
Give yourself options
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DNP Entire sub-circuits
Give yourself options
● Use this to try different implementations of the same circuit
● Also useful if you want to make multiple versions of the same product
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Footprint in footprint
Give yourself options
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Footprint in footprint
Give yourself options
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Footprint in footprint
Give yourself options
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Footprint in footprint
Give yourself options
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Footprint in footprint
Give yourself options
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Castellated modules
Give yourself options
● Add and remove entire subcircuits
● Easier to redesign a risky section instead of the whole board
● Allows easy isolation for test before integration
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Castellated modules
Give yourself options
Make sure to tell your fabricator you want the board to be castellated
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Castellated modules
Give yourself options
They also allow you to use pre-made components, like power supplies.
If you want to make multiple versions of a product, but they have different power requirements, you can swap out modules.
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Castellated modules
Give yourself options
Downsides:
● Takes up way more space
● If you have lots of pins, you need a larger module
● Not great for RF
● Not great for high power
● Not great for high speed
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Adapter/riser board
Give yourself options
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Adapter/riser board
Give yourself options
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Adapter/riser board
Give yourself options
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Adapter/riser board
Give yourself options
● This can be pretty jank
● But it can also work
● The more parts that need to be covered by the adapter, the harder it is
● Don’t use the datasheet recommended pad size on the bottom of the adapter board. You need to go slightly smaller.
● XRay if you can, and use flux.
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Pull up/down
Give yourself options
Put in both pull up and pull downresistors, but only populate one.
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Extra IO
Give yourself options
Break out spare IO and status/settings pins
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PCB notes
Give yourself options
Put a rectangle of white silkscreen in a corner and you can use it to label boards with specific changes or other notes.
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Chokes
Give yourself options
Add a series choke that you can replace with a 0R if you need to. Very helpful for EMC testing.
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Shielding
Give yourself options
● Put down pads for a removable shield just in case
● Use removable can shields instead of solder down shields
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Make it easy to go between those options3
High level techniques
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Vias in pads
Make it easy to change
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Vias in pads
Make it easy to change
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Vias in pads
Make it easy to change
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Tenting vias
Make it easy to change
Look at all those test points!
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Tenting vias
Make it easy to change
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Test points
Make it easy to change
Put test points everywhere.● Copper test point for small spaces● Solderable testpoints for bigger stuff
(like power)● These big ones won’t break off after
hours of abuse
36-5018CT-ND
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Test points
Make it easy to change
Putting test points on communication lines helps with probing and moving/adding things to the bus.
Label them in silkscreen! Make sure they’re not obscured by other footprints.
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Resistor dividers
Make it easy to change
If you’re controlling settings using a resistor divider, use a pot instead. Makes it easier to adjust and tune rather than swap out resistors over and over.
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Power
Make it easy to change
Pick LDOs that have a high input voltage rating so you can change power sources
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Footprints
Make it easy to change
If you can help it:● Don’t use QFN. External pins are easier to deal with.
● Don’t pick very small parts (0201, even 0402).
● Draw footprints slightly larger or longer than in the datasheet
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Stackup
Make it easy to change
Keep all parts on the same side if possible. Way easier to reflow and rework. Big boards (large thermal mass) or parts that need to be reflowed can be done in a reflow oven.
Use leaded solder. It’s easier to work with. Change to lead free during production.
Have a ground plane and power plane.
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Soldering
Make it easy to change
● Leave space for a soldering iron tip
● Think about things that can melt (like plastic connectors)
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Other materials
Make it easy to change
● If you need to use underfill, consider something like Loctite UF 3810. It can be removed with hot air.
● Avoid potting, RTV, or conformal coating until you’re happy with the electrical performance
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Silkscreen
Make it easy to change
● Mark pin numbers periodically
● Make sure designator is visible when part is populated
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Circuit tape
Make it easy to change
● From CircuitMedic.com
● Holds wires to PCB, cures fully in 72 hours. Leaves no residue.
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What about RF?
Make it easy to change
“RF is scary and fragile and I’m afraid I’ll mess it up” - almost everyone
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What about RF?
Make it easy to change
We already saw how to jumper RF
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What about RF?
Make it easy to change
You can also buy really thin gauge coax cable (micro coax)
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What about RF?
Make it easy to change
A9450W-328-ND , $5.50 a foot
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Pigtails
Make it easy to change
Semi-rigid pigtails are betterthan floppy ones
931-1391-ND
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Pigtails
Make it easy to change
Give yourself a low inductance ground pad for your pigtails
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Coplanar waveguide
Make it easy to change
● Easier to pigtail
● Possible to probe withoutsoldering
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Antennas
Make it easy to change
If your design allows it, picking an antenna structure that is easy to modify can be helpful.
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Make it easy to go between those options
Give yourself options
Isolate subcircuits
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High level techniques
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Thank you!
Slides: hscott.net/adaptation@hunterscott