ATX v2

[TrevorWhite]

Where is the information on the ATX v2 board?

Thanks

Trev

[ian]

Sorry, that is still locked away in the workshop while we toil away learning KiCAD :) I'll see what we can post up today.

[matseng]

Ian: Are you going to be a permanent Eagle defector? :-) Or are you just paying around with KiCAD?

[TrevorWhite]

Okay, was confused. I thought the whole design process was open?

Trev

[ian]

In general our process is open, but there are two limiting factors. One is time to get stuff to the wiki. Now that Arakis is back I think we'll get caught up. Also, I respect it when our team members are learning something new and don't have the same penchant for failing-while-learning in public that I do :)

[TrevorWhite]

Thanks for the reply, Ian. It is very true that designing something new can make you look a complete fool if done in public. lol.

Keep up the good work, DP is excellent.

Thanks

Trev

[ian]

Look for this and the v1.3 update in the forum tomorrow and blog on Thursday (?). :)

[dolabra]

One other thought about changes to V2+ --- should the ATX connector be 24pin? The PSU I scrounged had a 24 pin. With the Free PCB I hacked together it worked OK with 4 pins hanging over the edge, but would it be a better design to have a 24 pin connector? The top 20 pins on the 24 pin are the same, so it doesn't really matter which you have. I don't know if the 20 pin connector that you are using will accept a 24 pin plug?

[DG12]

I would like to suggest replacing the push button with a slide switch making it much easier to determine if the supply will be providing power when the ATX supply is turned on.

[systemstech]

The ATX PSU wont turn on until you press the button, the led below the button will light if you have power at the outlet or power cord and the led s below the banana plugs will light up when there's power to the plugs.

[andrerairan]

Will this revision have bigger polyfuses? And how much current v1.2 can handle if I change (or bypass =/) the actual polyfuses?

Regards

[ian]

We're going to stick with this value but maybe add a footprint for a through hole fuse. For safety sake, I wouldn't recommend removing the polyfuses.

[kenyee]

Are you going to be using the same sick of beige case as the V1.x design?
Or are you guys moving stuff around enough that it won't work?

And would putting the resettable fuses in parallel give you 2.5A max (for 2) instead of just 1.25? If so, for folks that want it, why not just put 4 footprints in places for the fuses and they can add more as needed?

[systemstech]

Are you going to be using the same sick of beige case as the V1.x design?
Or are you guys moving stuff around enough that it won't work?

Here's a link to the post that talks about the fact that the board in v2 is now bigger. You can download the files and check for yourself and see that the board is now 176 x 111 mm that's a lot bigger than in Eagle.
http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4530#p44247

[arakis]

Are you going to be using the same sick of beige case as the V1.x design?
Or are you guys moving stuff around enough that it won't work?

And would putting the resettable fuses in parallel give you 2.5A max (for 2) instead of just 1.25? If so, for folks that want it, why not just put 4 footprints in places for the fuses and they can add more as needed?

V2 is a bigger board, but currently it was only a proof of concept thing, there are no plans to produce it in the upcoming future...