Comment on Request for comments: USB C "trigger board"

jeinzi@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

tl;dr: I’m reasonably sure this will work as is.

The following comments involving my personal opinions might be most useful for more complex projects:

While I also try to isolate building blocks in my schematics, I think it’s sometimes beneficial to have some visible connections using wires. Your schematic isn’t very complex, but I still needed to jump around a bit to understand how current flows from the USB connection to the output. I would arrange the building blocks so that current flows from left to right and include one wire that starts at the USB jack, passes by the CH224K and its bypass cap, through the FET to the terminal block, so you can read the current flow like you would a line of text.

Layout:

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Regarding both the schematic and layout: run the ERC/DRC and fix all errors and warnings. Most of it is noise, but hidden beneath that, serious issues can hide. Be sure that you don’t miss anything important there.

Another idea that might be out of scope for your project: You could add optional 5.1k pull-down resistors on the CC lines and a solder jumper from VBUS to VOUT. Then you could use the board even without the CH224K and the FET if you only need 5V.

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