Re: gEDA-user: Proper way to connect to the power/ground plane

["John Luciani" <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:28 PM,  <moody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My 4-layer board is just about ready to go. I've received some great
>  advice and tips from this email group, especially on laying down the
>  ground and power planes. I know that the way to connect devices to these
>  planes is with thermals, but what about the pins from the power supply
>  connector? One thermal connection may not be enough (there are lots of
>  LEDs to feed), but I don't see any other way except to maybe run a fat
>  (power) surface trace and use several thermals to feed the power planes.
>
>  Is this the best way or have I missed something?

I would be surprised if the thermals are a problem. How much current
is required? Typically the thermals are only a few squares which for 1oz copper
should around few milliohms.

(* jcl *)

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