03-11-2021, 05:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-11-2021, 05:40 PM by dsimic.
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I've seen a suggestion somewhere that the Rock64 gains a rather interesting feature in one of its next revisions... Using mounting holes as the way to distribute power. Thus, if you use standard brass standoffs to stack the boards in a cluster, two of those standoff "stacks" can also serve as the bars for power distribution.
IMHO, that would be a very, very neat feature. Though, I'd make it configurable on the board, to prevent all kinds of issues, by having jumpers that select the role of two mounting holes: either the ground (default) or the power distribution. It could also be an option to leave the four standard mounting holes that provide ground, and to add two additional holes for two additional standoffs that would serve as the power distribution bars.
IMHO, that would be a very, very neat feature. Though, I'd make it configurable on the board, to prevent all kinds of issues, by having jumpers that select the role of two mounting holes: either the ground (default) or the power distribution. It could also be an option to leave the four standard mounting holes that provide ground, and to add two additional holes for two additional standoffs that would serve as the power distribution bars.
