Thermal PCB Design Fails...

Published: 02 July 2024
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*Thermal PCB Design Fails...*

In this excerpt from a recent episode of the OnTrack Podcast (related video), host Zach Peterson chats with Ethan Pierce, founder of Dodec Labs about some thermal PCB design fails they've encountered over the years.

Zach begins by discussing how identifying potential problems and solutions before you start getting into the nitty gritty of design can save you a huge thermal headache down the road. Ethan then validates this by showing an example LED Driver in which he decided to throw a "bunch of vias" at the top of the board in an effort to control convection currents. It didn't go as planned...

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