Yet another Logic Sniffer case:
I’m interested in releasing some open source board designs under the Creative Commons license. Some of these board designs would benefit from having a small case, so I’ve been looking into various options for getting custom cases built. One of the approaches I investigated was using the Shapeways online SLS (selective laser sintering) 3D fabrication service. In order to gain some experience with the tool chain that I wanted to use to fabricate case prototypes, I decided to design a simple case for the OBLS board in which the OBLS board slides in from the side (so I would only have to design one case part instead of the two case parts I would need for a “clamshell” case design). This became the “-v3” yaobls case series.
Thanks David! Via the forum.
I have a question,on how this design was developed.I mean,It has lots of parts and all are SMD.
I’m gonna enter the prototyping stage of a smd part dominated design.
For the chips,is a breakout board the only way? ..Or do you goto PCB stage directly?
What I’m working on is a custom dev board,so theres a reference schematic already there,so no bumps(hopefully). Should I go for a PCB directly? or breadboard stuff with breakout boards?
The Logic Sniffer was developed successfully in a single PCB revision. We designed the board, tested it, then put it into production. There were no breadboard or breakout tests, but were were aided by Jack’s Butterfly platform that was a known-working reference design.