Safety Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for Direct Current (DC) distribution panel
Designed a PCB that served as a remote control switch controled by R-Pi - allowing for smart logic to turn on/off 340 V DC bus and increasing safety
This project revolved around designing, manufacturing, and installing a PCB that can be sent a control input using a raspberry pi. The project aims to turn on or turn off a 480 V source depending on a 5 V control signal.
Left displays the sketch/concept for the PCB. Right displays the switch that needs to be turned on or off based on control logic (red box - power input, green box - switch control)
First, the circuit was tested on a bread board with a LED light prior to installation. Once verified, a circuit schematic was drawn into EasyEDA and KiCAD
Left shows the testing to identify the MOSFET required for the circuit to operate. Right shows the resulting circuit mapped to EasyEDA/KiCad
After this, the gerber was created with the appopriate parts chosen and was manufactured through JLCPB and installed in house
Top Shows the gerber diagram and bottom shows the Bill of Materials (BOM) for the same