What additions are good to add to a prototype PCB that makes your life easier?
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11/9/2016 9:06:24 PM
What are good quality of life additions to a prototype PCB?
I have come across a few nice additions such as:
LEDs for power and micro activity.
Test points at important places in the circuit.
Connecting a spare communication channel to a header.
Are there others that are helpful?
n0xas
12/3/2016 4:29:51 PM
Make available liberal points of 0V and Vcc around the board. Sometimes the placement of cap's is enough but sods law dictates that the ONE signal you want doesn't have a convenient GND nearby, or when you need to add a cockroach mod there isn't a nearby power.
manuelnt11
11/11/2016 2:42:05 PM
If you are going on to a small production run, consider identifying every net that doesn't naturally connect to an external connector, and connecting it to a pin on a ribbon cable header. This can be a lower budget option than adding test points for a "bed of nails" fixture.