This is the Revision A verion of the Bench RoboBrick. The status of this project is abandoned.

Bench Robobrick (Revision A)

Table of Contents

This document is also available in PDF format.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hardware
  • 2.1 Circuit Schematic
  • 2.2 Printed Circuit Board
  3. Issues

1. Introduction

The Bench RoboBrick provides a way of connected a bench power supply to a RoboBrick Hub module to power all of the RoboBricks.

A picture of the Bench-A RoboBrick is shown below:

2. Hardware

The hardware consists of a circuit schematic and a printed circuit board.

2.1 Circuit Schematic

The schematic for the Bench RoboBrick is shown below:

The parts list kept in a separate file -- bench.ptl.

2.2 Printed Circuit Board

The printed circuit board files are listed below:

bench_back.png

The solder side layer.

bench_front.png

The component side layer.

bench_artwork.png

The artwork layer.

bench.gbl

The RS-274X "Gerber" back (solder side) layer.

bench.gtl

The RS-274X "Gerber" top (component side) layer.

bench.gal

The RS-274X "Gerber" artwork layer.

bench.drl

The "Excellon" NC drill file.

bench.tol

The "Excellon" tool rack file.

3. Issues

After the boards have been manufactured, assembled, and tests, there are usually a number of issues that come and need to be recorded. This section of the document is reserved for thoses issues.