27 KiB
re-bba-rb board — open items from hardware review (2026-07-17)
Full review of schematics + PCB against component datasheets (in
datasheets/), the WIZnet W5100S reference schematic, and JLCPCB
manufacturing limits. Status 2026-07-18: all three critical findings fixed
in schematic AND PCB (ERC 0, DRC 0 errors / 0 unconnected / 0 parity);
remaining work is the Functional/Broader/ordering lists below.
Status 2026-07-22 (last-check pass): ERC still clean (2 known-benign
lib_symbol_issues on the generic Q_NPN_BEC/Q_PNP_BEC library symbols, not
real problems). DRC: 0 unconnected items board-wide (incl. J3 — all 24 pads
now carry real net copper, confirmed by direct pad/net inspection, not just
the ratsnest count); 242 total violations, of which only 4 are errors
(2× clearance + 2× hole_clearance, two GND vias at (190.78/190.34, 58.58)
0 mm from the /Power/3V3 zone on In2.Cu — see Functional/robustness below),
1 track_dangling (a 0.06 mm stub on /exi/EXI_MOSI_RAW near (188.39,
57.52), likely harmless routing debris), and the rest are silkscreen
warnings (171 overlap, 60 over-copper, 6 edge-clearance). This session also
did extensive photo-based mechanical verification and a real J3 Y-position
correction — see "Verify mechanical fit" below — and re-added fiducials with
a different footprint/position than this file previously documented.
Status 2026-07-24 (major session): ERC 0 (same 2 known-benign warnings +
1 expected power_pin_not_driven on J5's EXI_GND, see below — not a real
problem, that net has no power-symbol driver by design). DRC: 0 unconnected
items, 280 total violations — same silkscreen-warning baseline as before
plus npth_inside_courtyard (27, J5's mouse-bite holes sit close to J2's
courtyard, judged benign — holes, not a component body) and 1 harmless
track_dangling. The 2 GND-vias-vs-3V3-zone short from 2026-07-22 is
gone (resolved somewhere in this session's PCB work, confirmed via fresh
DRC). Gerbers/BOM/CPL all regenerated and verified current as of this pass.
Major work this session:
- D6/D8/D9/D12 green LEDs swapped Everlight 19-217/GHC-YR1S2/3T (C72043,
out of stock) → Hubei KENTO KT-0603G (C12624) — same 0603 footprint, same
manufacturer family as the already-used red KT-0603R (D7/D11). Series
resistors R37/R41/R42 changed 330 Ω → 49.9 Ω (reused C25120, the same
part already on R26–R29 — no new BOM line) to compensate for KT-0603G's
higher Vf (3.1 V typ.) and restore comparable brightness (~4 mA vs the
~0.6 mA the old resistor value would have given it). D12/D13 (RGB channels,
driven directly by the FPGA's
SB_RGBA_DRVhard macro, no series resistor) need no resistor change — flagged as slightly reduced current-source headroom at the higher Vf, not fixed (nothing to fix, no resistor exists).- D13 (yellow, Everlight C72038) and the 10 kΩ 0402 resistor (UNI-ROYAL C25744, used by 12 designators) are ALSO reported out of stock — real in-stock alternatives were being researched (candidates: Hubei KENTO KT-0603Y/KT-0805Y for D13; YAGEO RC0402FR-0710KL C60490 or Vishay CRCW040210K0FKED C71617 for the 10k) but never confirmed/committed — stock claims from web search proved unreliable earlier this session (contradicted by direct JLCPCB part-page checks twice), so these need a live stock check before ordering, same as the green LED did.
- J5 added: a second SP1 gold-finger connector, footprint copied from
the eth2sp1 open-source project (github.com/jochemvdmeulen/eth2sp1),
library file
hardware/SP1_eth2sp1_reference.kicad_mod. Real purpose: hand-solder insert for J3 — J5 is fabricated on this same board/panel via a mouse-bite tab, snapped off after production, and soldered onto J3 so its gold fingers protrude past the board edge into the GC slot (J3 itself uses thru-hole insert pads, not bare gold fingers). Pad length tuned to 13.5 mm + board thickness (1.1412 mm) = 14.6412 mm, then trimmed −1.0 mm to 13.6412 mm (near/board-edge-side pad edge held fixed 0.6 mm off the nose throughout, matching eth2sp1's original tip clearance). J5 pins 1,3–10 stay no-connect (DNP, no live signals); pins 2/11/12 (shield/ground) tie to a newEXI_GNDnet — a dedicated reference-plane net for the fingers, deliberately kept separate from boardGNDuntil physically joined to J3 by solder (J5 is a separate PCB fragment until then).- Mouse-bite tab: 27× 0.4 mm NPTH holes at X=106.8900, spanning the
full Y=48.1–66.6 tongue height (both endpoints landing on the
original tongue corners as half-moon scallops) — footprint
MouseBites_J5. Has disappeared from the PCB and needed re-adding twice this session (cause unknown — likely an accidental GUI selection/delete, watch for a third time). - User is routing the
EXI_GNDreference plane + stitching vias under J5's fingers — in progress, not finished. Guidance given: multiple vias per ground pad (not just one via per pin), plus stitching vias flanking the signal fingers (CLK/MOSI/MISO/CS) too, not just the 3 named ground pins — that's what actually controls impedance at the trace-to-finger transition. - J2's
HANRUN_HR911105A.kicad_modfootprint has a cosmetic-only defect: pads 15/16 (2.445 mm ground/shield tabs) stick out ~0.97 mm past the F.Fab body-outline rectangle (top and bottom, symmetric). Confirmed NOT a DRC/manufacturability issue — the real courtyard (F.CrtYd) properly encloses both pads with ~0.28 mm margin; this is why JLCPCB's placement-preview render looked alarming (it draws the undersized F.Fab rectangle as the "body"). Offered to fix the F.Fab rectangle for cosmetic accuracy; not done.
- Mouse-bite tab: 27× 0.4 mm NPTH holes at X=106.8900, spanning the
full Y=48.1–66.6 tongue height (both endpoints landing on the
original tongue corners as half-moon scallops) — footprint
- Gateware pin constraints — DONE (was the "Write the re-bba-rb pin
constraints" item below, now resolved):
exi_bba/synth.py'sIceBreakerPlatformno longer targets the iCEbreaker — every pin pulled directly from the schematic netlist and verified placed by nextpnr. Also fixed two real bugs found in the process: LED polarity was backwards (D6/D7 are active-high on this board, opposite the iCEbreaker's onboard active-low LEDs the old code assumed) and removed a reference to a physical button that doesn't exist on this board (the iCEbreaker'sBTN_Nwas dev-board-only;panel_btnnow ties idle).- Real hardware conflict found and fixed: the schematic originally
put
ETH_INTon U9 pin 35, which physically conflicts with the iCE40UP5K's PLL hard macro — pin 35 cannot be used as an input while the PLL is instantiated (confirmed both by nextpnr's own chip database and by direct testing: an unrelated input signal swapped onto pin 35 reproduces the identical conflict; an output signal on pin 35 works fine — the restriction is input-direction-specific, not a blanket "pin 35 is unusable"). Board was still in design, so fixed at the source:ETH_INTmoved from U9 pin 35 to pin 13 (schematic + PCB both reworked and verified — pin 13 was confirmed via icestorm's own pin database to be the only spare GPIO on this exact SG48 package/board combo; all other 38 usable pins were already assigned). PCB reroute done and DRC-clean (0 unconnected, 0 shorts). An alternative (wr_n 36→35, rd_n 37→36, int_n→37, keeping ETH_INT physically clustered with the rest of the ethernet bus) was evaluated and rejected — it works but only found 1 passing seed out of 5 tried, with much thinner timing margin (0.4% vs 3%) than the pin-13 arrangement. - Timing verified — closes, seed-sensitive: seed 1 narrowly missed
(
capture_clk53.08 MHz vs 54.02 MHz target), seed 3 passes both domains cleanly (clk37.82 MHz vs 24 MHz,capture_clk55.69 MHz vs 54.02 MHz) — consistent with this design's known seed-sensitivity (routing-dominated at ~22% LC utilization).build/top.binon disk is the seed-3 result. Re-verified after the PCB reroute — identical numbers, as expected (PCB copper doesn't affect FPGA-internal timing). - Known bug, not fixed:
synth.py's built-in--seeds Nsweep loop throws silent exceptions on seeds after the first when run in one process (pre-existing, unrelated to this session's pin changes) — worked around by invoking each seed as a separate process. The convenience one-command multi-seed workflow needs debugging if wanted again.
- Real hardware conflict found and fixed: the schematic originally
put
Critical — ALL RESOLVED (schematic + PCB, verified 2026-07-18)
- EXI DO/DI swapped at J3 — FIXED 2026-07-17 (all copper unchanged).
YAGCD SP1 naming is console-perspective: pin 6
DO= GC data out → adapter's MOSI input; pin 9DI= GC data in ← adapter's MISO output (verified via SD Gecko: MC pin 5 DO → SD CMD input; SD2SP2: DO → OR gate → SD CMD). Fix applied as a pure rename/identity swap: - [x] SP1 pin table indocs/gc_bba_fpga_design.mdcorrected (was the root cause) + MISO-tristate note updated. - [x] Net names EXI_MOSI(_RAW) ↔ EXI_MISO(_RAW) swapped acrossexi.kicad_sch,Fpga.kicad_sch, root sheet, and the PCB — this also swaps the D2 (PUSB3AB6) channel assignments by name. - [x] R21 (22 Ω) ↔ R25 (33 Ω) identities swapped between the two positions so 33 Ω stays on the FPGA-driven MISO line and 22 Ω on the MOSI input. - [x] Verified: ERC 0, DRC 0 (incl. schematic parity 0), netlist: J3.6(DO)→R21(22Ω)→FPGA pin 4 (IOB_8a) = EXI_MOSI in; J3.9(DI)→R25(33Ω)→FPGA pin 3 (IOB_9b) = EXI_MISO out. - [ ] Use this final pin map when writing the board PCF (see Broader items): MOSI = pin 4, MISO = pin 3, CLK = 44 (G6), CS = 45, INT = 46. - W5100S MDI termination network — DONE (schematic + PCB): added R26/R27 (49.9 Ω 1%, LCSC C25120) from TXOP/TXON to a common node + C18 (100 nF) to GND, and R28/R29 + C19 for RXIP/RXIN, on the PHY-side nets per the WIZnet reference schematic. ERC 0; netlist verified. PCB rework REVIEWED 2026-07-18 — PASS: - [x] Termination placed at U11's MDI edge (R26–R29 ~1–3 mm from pins, C18/C19 2.8 mm from their resistor pairs); stubs short; DRC 0 errors incl. ETH_DP impedance rules; pair skew TX 0.30 mm / RX 0.72 mm; pairs on F.Cu over solid In1 GND (one short B.Cu crossover via per N line at the jack — fine). - [x] D4/D5 flow-through verified pad-by-pad (PHY side faces U11, cable side faces J2); In1 plane correctly voided under the magjack's cable/isolation side, all layers clear there. - [x] 3.3 Ω series dampers (WIZnet note 6) — DONE 2026-07-18: R32–R35 (YAGEO RC0402FR-073R3L, LCSC C137986) in line U11→transformer; chip-side nets stay PHY_, D4/D5-side renamed MDI_ (patterns added to ETH_DP netclass in .kicad_pro). Inserted in-line on the PCB, each in its own line row; MDI_* stubs 1.45–1.48 mm, no new vias; pair skew after insertion TX 0.66 mm / RX 1.81 mm (fine). - [x] Center-tap bypass (WIZnet note 7) — DONE 2026-07-18: C20 100 nF (C1525) + C21 1 µF 0603 (C15849) on ETH_3V3, placed against J2's pin column — as close to pins 4/5 as the In1 plane void allows while keeping short GND vias. - [x] D4/D5 (USBLC6 on the PHY pairs) — RESOLVED 2026-07-17: keep, exactly as drawn. ST explicitly rates USBLC6 for Ethernet; PHY-side placement guards residual coupling through the transformer; 2.5–3.5 pF/line is fine at 100BASE-TX. Two deliberate details, do not "fix": (1) pin 5 (VBUS) floats ON PURPOSE — the lines carry ~3.3 V DC bias (center taps) and swing above it; a 3.3 V-tied rail would clip signal peaks. Floating, the rail self-biases to the line peak and the internal 6 V zener still clamps strikes. (2) The split nets (PHY_* vs ETH_*) force FLOW-THROUGH routing (pins 1→6, 3→4 are one internal node) — zero-stub clamping; do NOT merge the nets or tap the diode as a stub (stub inductance adds L·di/dt let-through). Layout: route the pair in-line through the package, near J2, short GND via on pin 2. If ever bypassing at bring-up: desolder + jumper 1–6/3–4.
- FT2232H EEPROM interface — DONE (schematic + PCB) per datasheet Table 3.4: U7.4 (DO) moved to new net EE_DO; R30 (2.2 kΩ, C25879) inserted EE_DO→EE_DATA; R31 (10 kΩ, C25744) pull-up EE_DO→3V3. EEDATA→DI stays direct. R30/R31 placed 4–5 mm from U7, routed, DRC parity 0. ERC 0, netlist verified, BOM fields populated.
Functional / robustness
- iceprog pin mismatch — schematic FIXED 2026-07-18, PCB rerouted: FLASH_CS moved ADBUS3→ADBUS4 (U8 pin 21), CDONE ACBUS1→ADBUS6 (pin 23), CRESET ACBUS0→ADBUS7 (pin 24) — now exactly stock iceprog / iCEbreaker channel-A convention; old pins are NC. Pull-ups R11/R12 unchanged. Verified 2026-07-22: 0 DRC violations in the U8 pin area, 0 unconnected items board-wide.
- TPS2116 PR1 divider margin — FIXED 2026-07-18: R3 200k→150k (0402WGF1503TCE, LCSC C25755). PR1 = 1.32 V nominal; switchover at GC_3V3 = 2.30–2.70 V worst-case — safely below the 3.3 V rail. (Value change only, same footprint — no PCB work.)
- ETH_RST pull-up — schematic FIXED 2026-07-18, PCB placed/routed:
R36 10 k (C25744) from ETH_RST to ETH_3V3 (low when ETH rail off),
at (148.49, 61.7225) near U11 pin 48. Verified 2026-07-22: nets
/ethernet/ETH_RST+/ethernet/ETH_3V3both present on the footprint, 0 unconnected items. - Gateware: gate all outputs on GC_ON — when GC_ON=0 the W5100S is unpowered (U12) and the GC is off, but FPGA banks stay at 3.3 V. Hold the W5100S bus and EXI outputs Hi-Z/low to avoid back-powering.
- Gateware: UART crossover — net names are FT-perspective (UART_TXD = FTDI output = FPGA RX on pin 18). Get this right in the board PCF.
- Gateware: EXI INT drive style — prefer open-drain emulation (drive low / release) on J3.3 rather than push-pull high.
- New 2026-07-22: 2 GND vias short the
/Power/3V3zone on In2.Cu — found during the last DRC pass, 4 error-severity violations (2×clearance+ 2×hole_clearance, both 0 mm actual). Two GND vias at (190.78, 58.58) and (190.34, 58.58) — just south of J3's courtyard, likely stitching vias added during the J3 reroute — sit directly on top of the 3V3 pour on In2.Cu. This is a real short risk, not a manufacturability nit: move or delete these two vias (or void the 3V3 zone locally) before ordering. Also 1 harmlesstrack_dangling: a 0.06 mm stub on/exi/EXI_MOSI_RAWnear (188.39, 57.52) — routing debris, delete when convenient.
Broader items (beyond the wiring review — block fab on the first two)
- Write the re-bba-rb pin constraints — DONE 2026-07-24, see the "Status 2026-07-24" note at the top for full details. Real board pin map: EXI_MOSI = 4 (IOB_8a, in), EXI_MISO = 3 (IOB_9b, out), EXI_CLK = 44 (G6), EXI_CS = 45, EXI_INT = 46; W5100S bus A0=42 A1=38 D0-D7=34/32/31/28/27/26/25/23 CS_N=43 RD_N=37 WR_N=36 RST_N=2; ETH_INT moved from the schematic's original pin 35 to pin 13 (pin 35 physically conflicts with the PLL for input use — hardware constraint, not fixable in software, resolved via schematic+PCB rework since the board was still in design); CLK12 = 20 (G3); UART: FPGA RX = 18 (net UART_TXD!, FTDI output), FPGA TX = 19; debug: LED_G = 47 (heartbeat, active-high), LED_R = 48 (EXI activity, active-high), DBG0–4 = 9/10/11/12/6 (J4 header). No physical button on this board — the old iCEbreaker BTN_N reference was removed. Placement + timing verified (nextpnr, seed 3: clk 37.82 MHz/24 target, capture_clk 55.69 MHz/54.02 target, both PASS).
- Debug provisions — schematic DONE 2026-07-18 (was: board had none):
- D6 green heartbeat LED (Hubei KENTO KT-0603G, C12624 — swapped
2026-07-24, Everlight original was out of stock) on FPGA pin 47
(LED_G) via R37 49.9 Ω (C25120, swapped from 330 Ω same day to
compensate for KT-0603G's higher Vf — see the 2026-07-24 status note);
- D7 red EXI-activity LED (KENTO KT-0603R, C2286, Basic) on pin 48
(LED_R) via R38 (unchanged, this one was never out of stock);
- J4 6-pin debug header (unpopulated, in_bom no): GND + DBG0–4 =
FPGA pins 9/10/11/12/6 — route EXI CLK/CS/MOSI/MISO copies here in
gateware for logic-analyzer bring-up;
- TP1 3V3, TP2 1V2, TP3 ETH_3V3 (ethernet sheet), TP4 GC_ON, TP5 GND
(1.5 mm pads, in_bom no);
- FID1–3 fiducials: superseded 2026-07-22, see the fiducials entry
under "JLCPCB ordering notes" below for current footprint/positions.
- [x] PCB: place/route the 11 schematic footprints — DONE, verified
2026-07-22: D6/D7/R37/R38/TP1–5/J4 all present with correct net
assignments (
Net-(D6-A)/Net-(D7-A)//fpga/LED_G//fpga/LED_Rfor the LEDs,/Power/3V3//fpga/1V2//ethernet/ETH_3V3//GC_ON/GNDfor TP1–5,/fpga/DBG0-4+GNDfor J4), 0 unconnected items. LED visibility vs the GC shell not re-verified here (bench item). - Verify mechanical fit — major progress 2026-07-22 (bench item,
photo-based, this session): the user measured the real GameCube SP1
bay using an Android reference-square app (ImageMeter) against a 2 cm
calibration square, photographing up into the bay with J2 (Ethernet
jack) as the fixed anchor. Cross-referencing those measurements against
the PCB's J3/J2 courtyards (courtyard, not pad or slot, is the correct
mechanical reference) found J3 was mispositioned in Y by ~5 mm.
Orientation (which real-world edge maps to which PCB edge) was
independently confirmed via a numerical fit check (original pairing:
~2–3 mm residual both sides; a candidate 180°-about-X-axis reflection
was tested and rejected: 6.3 mm residual on one side) plus a rendered
PCB PDF sanity check.
- [x] J3 shifted:
(at 189.85 59.9)→(at 189.85 54.9), i.e. Y −5.0 mm, X unchanged (X was checked against both bay edges using the board's true front/back edges — no shift needed). J3 was fully unrouted at shift time (0 track segments touched any of its 24 pads, verified beforehand) so the move was electrically free; the resulting 183 DRC collisions (D2 + EXI_* net clearances in the new J3 footprint area) have since been resolved by rerouting — 0 J3-area DRC errors remain as of 2026-07-22, and J3 is now fully routed (see above). - [ ] X/Y still not verified against real hardware — this was a photo/measurement-based correction, not a fit-check against an actual GameCube. Confirm on the bench when a unit is available. - [ ] Insertion depth (Z, connector engagement into the slot) — explicitly deferred by the user, not addressed this pass. - Note 2026-07-18 (unchanged): the J3 footprint (12 contacts, 1 mm effective pitch, two staggered depth rows, front-side only, fingers to the board edge per the .kicad_dru exception) is the geometry derived from the physical sp1_test_plug iterations — the test-plug project itself contains no reusable finger footprint to diff against, so the provenance is the physical test, not a file comparison. - SP1 12 V rail viability — VERIFIED against existing projects (2026-07-17). webhdx's IDE-EXI v2 for Serial Port 1 (which became the commercial M.2 Loader): "New switching power regulator supplies 3.3V@2A from 12V rail" (webhdx, gc-forever thread t=4843, 2021-08-28) — a shipping SP1 product powers an M.2 SATA SSD + RP2040 entirely from pin 5's 12 V through a buck, no external supply. That's the same architecture as this board at several times our load (~130 mA @ 12 V). webhdx moved from a linear regulator to a buck because the linear "was generating a lot of heat" — validating the TPS562201 choice. The official modem (DOL-014) was the original 12 V consumer; SP1ETH leaves 12 V unused (runs from the 3.3 V pins). Remaining bench check only: - [ ] inrush into C65 (100 µF) + 2×10 µF buck input caps at GC power-on (the M.2 Loader precedent suggests this is a non-issue).
- FT2232H EEPROM contents + flashing workflow — DECIDED 2026-07-18: ship with a blank 93LC46B. FT2232H falls back to its default config (VID 0403 / PID 6010, dual channel, MPSSE on channel A) — exactly what stock iceprog opens by default, which now matches the rewired pins. Optionally program serial/product string later with FT_PROG (do NOT change VID/PID, or iceprog needs -d vid:pid).
- CC1/CC2 have no ESD protection (USBLC6 covers D+/D− only) — optional, most hobby designs skip; note spare-channel budget if respinning D2 area.
.history/(embedded.git) — VERIFIED ignored via root.gitignore:28, nothing tracked.
Minor / BOM
- RSET_BG 12.4 k — ACCEPTED 2026-07-18 (closed, no change): datasheet says 12.3 kΩ, but that is an E192 value with no JLC Basic part — WIZnet's own reference synthesizes it as 12 k + 300 Ω. The 0.8 % deviation on a bandgap bias resistor is immaterial (well under the combined tolerance of the ref design's two 1 % parts).
- Crystals Y1/Y2 — VERIFIED 2026-07-17: the BOM parts are both CL = 12 pF (Y1 YXC X322512MOB4SI / C70565, Y2 X322525MOB4SI / C9006, both JLC Basic, ±10 ppm) — correct for the 18 pF load caps and the W5100S Table 9 recommendation. No change needed.
- 12 V-rail parts ≥ 25 V — VERIFIED in BOM audit 2026-07-17: C3/C4 25 V, C6 50 V, C65 25 V (Lelon SMD electrolytic); D3 SMAJ12A correct.
- 1 % tolerance — VERIFIED in BOM audit 2026-07-17: R1/R2, R3/R4, R10, R16 are all 1 % UNI-ROYAL parts (and new R26–R35 are 1 %).
- TPS22810 CT — NOT NEEDED 2026-07-18 (closed, no change): datasheet Table 2 shows the internal ramp dominates at low VIN — rise time at VIN = 3.3 V is ~98 µs even with CT = 0 (vs 102 µs at CT = 1 nF). Inrush ≈ 15 µF × 3.3 V / 98 µs ≈ 0.5 A for <100 µs — trivial for the 2 A buck. A CT cap would buy nothing measurable.
- Verify HR911105A internal LED pinout (assumed: 9/12 anodes via R14/R15 330 Ω to ETH_3V3, 10/11 cathodes to LNKn/ACTn) and the Bob-Smith common on pin 8 (tied straight to GND here; WIZnet ref separates chassis via 1 nF/2 kV — acceptable choice, confirm intent).
- Confirm at bring-up (from CLAUDE.md): W5100S register addresses / MR bits were written from memory.
JLCPCB ordering notes (DRC clean — these are order-form options)
- Stackup = JLC04121H-7628 (matches the 0.2104 mm prepreg / 0.6 mm core, ~1.14 mm ≙ JLC nominal 1.2 mm — satisfies the SP1 slot's 1.2 mm spec).
- Select ENIG (file has copper_finish "None") and gold fingers + 45° bevel for the SP1 edge connector.
- Hand-solder / non-economic-assembly parts: C65 (THT electrolytic), J2 magjack (THT), J1 USB-C, D2 (DFN2111-7, tiny). Plan assembly split.
- LCSC part numbers — COMPLETE 2026-07-17: all 112 orderable components have Footprint + Value + MPN + LCSC + Manufacturer (netlist-vs-BOM count check passes; the only netlist/BOM delta is J3, deliberately excluded from BOM since the SP1 edge connector is PCB gold fingers, not a part). 12 V-rail caps verified ≥25 V, divider/REF/RSET resistors verified 1 %. Note: D2 is the ElecSuper PUSB3AB6Z(ES) clone (C49383400, Extended), not Nexperia — same DFN-7 1.1×2.1 / 0.15 pF; pin-compatible, but treat as a bring-up suspect if EXI ESD behaviour looks odd. C65 is an SMD electrolytic (Lelon VZH101M1ETR-0607, 25 V) — assembly-friendly, not THT as first assumed.
- Fiducials: placed 2026-07-22 —
Fiducial_0.5mm_Mask1mm(0.5 mm copper dot, 1 mm mask opening; downsized from the originally-planned 1 mm/2 mm footprint because no spot on the real board had >5 mm clearance from other parts) at FID1 (160.0, 50.5), FID2 (184.2, 61.0), FID3 (187.3, 47.5) — asymmetric placement, all verified genuinely on-board against the true (non-bounding-box) board polygon, DRC 0.
Housekeeping (repo) — done 2026-07-17
- Restored
hardware/re-bba-rb/datasheets/(deleted by3547302) from the LFS store; added TPS22810 (power/) and PUSB3AB6 (exi/) datasheets that were missing from the original set. - Deleted stale lowercase
power.kicad_sch(the pre-rework draft from the first power-sheet commit; live sheet isPower.kicad_sch). It "kept coming back" because both paths were git-tracked: on a case-insensitive (Windows) checkout they are one file on disk, so deleting one path also deletes the other, and restoring the live sheet re-materialises both — the next commit resurrects the stale path. Removing the lowercase path from the git index (done from the case-sensitive devcontainer) is the permanent fix. Never add two files differing only in case. - Deleted
re-bba-rb.kicad_pcb.old.kicad_pcb/.old.kicad_proleftovers (recoverable from git history if ever needed).
Verified correct — do not re-flag
TPS562201 (EN at 12 V legal, abs max 19 V; 0.768 V ref × 33k/10k = 3.30 V;
L/C per Table 7-2) · TPS2116 mode/ST logic (GC priority, USB fallback,
GC_ON polarity) · AP2112K ×2 · TPS22810 EN (never floats, R5 pull-up) ·
FT2232H VPHY/VPLL on 3.3 V is correct per datasheet (the VCORE→3V3
relabel at HEAD was a fix) · W5100S parallel-mode straps (MOD=0100, SCLK→GND,
pin32=A0/pin33=A1, INTn push-pull, internal pull-ups on CSn/RDn/WRn/DAT) ·
W5100S 1V2 loop + mandatory 1 MΩ crystal feedback · PUSB3AB6 pinout/footprint ·
USB-C CC/ESD wiring · iCE40 power/config/flash, CLK12 on G3, EXI_CLK on G6 ·
magjack transformer spec (1:1, 350 µH) · PCB vs JLCPCB capability floor
(rules in re-bba-rb.kicad_dru, 0 DRC errors).