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Kian
submitted Remote Switch for review ago
funkeudo
requested changes for Remote Switch ago
Wonderful work! You're so close! Just a few last steps. First of all, could you please create a BOM.csv file with links to your items and their prices in USD (not just a little bom at the end of your readme)? Secondly, please rename your kicad folder to PCB, and place your step file inside there as well. Otherwise, this seems to be a well-polished project, excellent work.
Kian
submitted Remote Switch for review ago
Kian
added to the journal ago
Routed the PCB
I've routed everything, the traces are at 0.6mm because I simply have a lot of space on the PCB and the small traces didn't look so good somehow, I think it's fine like this.
This time I used a pattern for the base plane. I wasn't familiar with the function and think it's more useful for high-frequency applications, but I'm not entirely sure, and it doesn't make the PCB unusable.
Kian
added to the journal ago
idea + schematics
Second project today. I have so much time today and need a way to turn the PCs in my rack on and off, ideally centrally and via Wi-Fi. My idea is to use simple optocouplers to simulate the power button and control it with a microcontroller, just like the reset function. The positive LED output will then simply be connected to a GPIO pin of the MCU, allowing it to see whether the PC is on or off. I will use the WEMOS C3 mini microcontroller because it is fairly cheap and I wanted to use some really simple components in this project.
A few more mounting holes and the schematic will be finished.
Kian
started Remote Switch ago