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Cut off DNP PCB parts/area?
633 1 Jul 04.2019, 16:30:35

I never saw somebody doing that, so i'm curious if that has sense.
Basically i have part of circuit (in my case, only few parts there, capacitor and single phase bridge rectifier) which is optional. But, in case it's not needed, i would rather cut it off and put the device in smaller different enclosure.
In general, that part is marked as DNP so it's by default empty... and, it's such a tiny cost difference that i would rather keep it on board than developing different versions of boards.
Also, i want to avoid board-to-board connectors which would make this optional thing as attachable if needed...
Is that something which makes sense and which is ok to do?
Is there any guidelines how to do that properly?

thnx

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A****min

Jul 09.2019, 17:29:31

Please note the vias at the separation edge. Highly recommended. They stop pcb track tearing when you separate the parts. Fore example: top trace - via - bottom trace |split area| bottom trace - via - top trace. If you split the part, top traces are intact - the tear will stop at via barrel.  
Just NPTH dirll hole. Spacing might require a bit of trial and error. I'd start with spacing like for mouse bytes.

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