GenBoard/VerThree/RescueKit (2004-10-17 09:11:04)

Since GenBoard/VerThree allows much customizations, you'll find a so called rescue kit which contains about 100 components, as:


The new resistor-count is simple. A series (almost identical as below) of 6 resistors from each value. Not too critical since the assembly level went up for v3.1:

0,5% resistors (the 5% are within 0.5% in practice too):


Because capacitors don't have text on them, there are 2 ways to tell their value:

The latter means that by examining the cap size (0805 is the smallest we use, 1206 is medium and 1210 is huge), the number of caps and the tape-material (trans is transparent plastic, paper is paper) will tell you the value according to a table.

Rescue2 v0.02: The packs posted on Apr 9..10 (Mika P., Dana S., Seppo R., Daniel B., Kevin M.) have the following:

8*220n 0805 50V trans

4*1u 0805 25V trans

4*2.2u 0805 16V trans (taller than the 1u)

4*100n 0805 50V paper

5*10n 0805 50V paper

2*10u 1210 35V trans (huuuge!!)

2*330n 0805 50V trans

2*1n 0805 50V paper

1*10u 1206 10V trans

TODO: revise the values for later kits. If you miss other values, specify here:


rescue2 v0.03: (only 3*1u 0805 and 1n,330n missing from v0.02)

5*10n 0805 50V paper

4*100n 0805 50V paper

8*220n 0805 50V trans

3*1u 0805 25V trans

4*2.2u 0805 16V trans (taller than the 1u)

2*10u 1210 35V trans (huuuge!!)

1*10u 1206 10V trans


rescue2 v0.04: (1n added back, 2.2u went down to 2, since only recommended for the 5V stuff anyway, 16V has too little margin for 12V)

2*1n 0805 50V paper

5*10n 0805 50V paper

4*100n 0805 50V paper

8*220n 0805 50V trans

3*1u 0805 25V trans (tall)

2*2.2u 0805 16V trans (tall)

2*10u 1210 35V trans (huuuge!!)

1*10u 1206 10V trans


rescue2 v0.05: main improvement is that 5V1 zener moved to rescue2 kit, since it's hard to tell from normal (nonzener) LL4189 diode.

3*1n 0805 50V paper

5*10n 0805 50V paper

4*100n 0805 50V paper

8*220n 0805 50V trans

3*1u 0805 25V trans (tall)

2*2.2u 0805 16V trans (tall)

2*10u 1210 35V trans (huuuge!!)

1*10u 1206 10V trans

2*1u 1206 50V trans

2*5V1 SOD80 zener diode (not capacitor)


rescue2 v0.06:

3*1n 0805 50V paper

5*10n 0805 50V paper

4*100n 0805 50V paper

8*220n 0805 50V paper

3*1u 0805 25V trans (tall)

2*2.2u 0805 16V trans (tall)

1*10u 1210 35V trans (huuuge!!)

1*10u 1206 10V trans

2*1u 1206 50V trans

2*5V1 SOD80 zener diode (not capacitor)


See also:

GenBoard/VerThree/Testing