Hi Jack,
There is a free program that has been put
out by Saturn PCB Design that has calculations that give the Power, Current,
Voltage, etc of traces on a board. It takes into account the copper thickness,
material, Temps, plating, etc. I like this calculator, but I’m not exactly
sure what each of the calculations may be based upon. We have found one
calculation to be questionable and they were VERY prompt in replying to us and
making the correction. Have you looked at this or talked with the owners? And
if Saturn employees are lurking – thank you for a very useful program.
Cherie
From: DesignerCouncil
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Jack Olson
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:14
PM
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Subject: Re: [DC] Is Fusing
Current Current?
wow.
Not even one reply?
Not even one
additional reference?
Is this a subject no
one has to deal with?
I'm SO disappointed....
tsk, tsk, tsk,
Well, I suppose I
should just go home.
seeya Monday!
Jack
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jack Olson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Greetings all you
lurkers...
Hey, I noticed
someone over on TechNet was asking about fusing current,
which prompted me to
re-read Doug Brooks extremely valuable 1998 article
on the subject
I just realized that
this topic would be a perfect addition to the new IPC-2152
"Standard for
Determining Current-Carrying Capacity in Printed Board Design",
and as long as I can
put something together by May 1st, I can probably insert
it before its too
late.
So my question is,
does anyone else have any sources for this subject?
At the time, Doug
wrote it purely from theory (no empirical data) but as far as
I know, no one has
ever disputed the conclusions and the results have always
worked.
Doug, if you are out
there, is there anything in your article you would edit after
these ten years? Any
refinements?
currently,
Jack
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