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Farshad Mohajeri
06/05/09 13:21
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#165885 - More information
Responding to: Farshad Mohajeri's previous message
Below is a picture of my board:



-On the upper left there is the USB chip.
-Main circuit is powered by a 220/7.5 transformer
-USB side is powered by a 1W DC/DC converter (Output~5.5v)

Problems that I could spot myself:

1) The horizontal design where both USB and RS485 ports are side by side, should be replaced by a vertical design where ports are on the opposing edges

2) The isolation gap between two grounds is not big enough

3) Whole device can be powered from USB port, eliminating the EMI from power lines. (The reason that I didn't design it this way from beginning is that I wanted to isolate the PC from the converter as much as I can)

4) Place a ferrit-bead to filter power at USB chip VCC pin(s)

5) Reduce the copper in USB port area to the least possible area.

6) Place the USB chip inside a faraday cage?


List of 30 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
FT232R USB to Serial      Farshad Mohajeri      06/04/09 12:30      
   Something silly ?      Steve M. Taylor      06/04/09 13:36      
      Capacitive Coupling      Farshad Mohajeri      06/04/09 15:13      
         Ideas      Steve M. Taylor      06/04/09 15:51      
         there is always SOME coupling...      Jan Waclawek      06/04/09 15:52      
   crash and reset the USB connection      Andy Neil      06/04/09 16:24      
      Very unlikely      Farshad Mohajeri      06/04/09 16:30      
         PC USB crash      Oliver Sedlacek      06/05/09 03:06      
            Isolated hub?      Andy Neil      06/05/09 03:18      
         PC Isolation?      Andy Neil      06/05/09 03:20      
   just blame the chip.      Erik Malund      06/04/09 20:29      
      Please see my other post with image (nt)      Farshad Mohajeri      06/05/09 13:25      
   is connector grounded on Your side?      Stefan KAnev      06/05/09 01:42      
      Huh?      Joseph Hebert      06/05/09 09:21      
         yes      Stefan KAnev      06/05/09 09:38      
            Floating the end of the cable shielding      Joseph Hebert      06/11/09 11:37      
      Was using wrong cable      Farshad Mohajeri      06/11/09 12:36      
   More information      Farshad Mohajeri      06/05/09 13:21      
      Hmm      Steve M. Taylor      06/05/09 16:18      
      isolation      Jan Waclawek      06/06/09 04:29      
   Update...      Farshad Mohajeri      06/11/09 03:40      
      USB and RS485      Joseph Hebert      06/11/09 11:44      
         could this be it      Erik Malund      06/11/09 12:01      
            Tested both self-powered and bus-powered      Farshad Mohajeri      06/11/09 12:41      
         RS485 Converter      Farshad Mohajeri      06/11/09 12:11      
      el.circui?      Stefan KAnev      06/11/09 13:59      
      re: why?      Andy Peters      06/19/09 12:22      
         USB 1.1      Farshad Mohajeri      06/19/09 15:20      
            re: USB 1.1      Andy Peters      06/19/09 16:34      
               popular culture      Jan Waclawek      06/19/09 17:10      

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