Shorted components
Shorted components
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I have no circuit design experience and have a manufacturing/mechanical background, so this question may sound stupid. Is it common practice(or done at all) to design a board so that two components are shorted(on purpose)? Or is this most definitely a manufacturing error?
The components on the board are positioned so close together it leads me to believe that this might be intentional.
Also we returned the board to the vendor for a functional issue(we determined the board caused our system to malfunction) and the vendor returned the board to us,saying no problem found. If this was an error, it would seem this would be the first thing the vendor would check if the design was for no short(since the components are placed so close, it seems that this has to happen all the time).
The components on the board are positioned so close together it leads me to believe that this might be intentional.
Also we returned the board to the vendor for a functional issue(we determined the board caused our system to malfunction) and the vendor returned the board to us,saying no problem found. If this was an error, it would seem this would be the first thing the vendor would check if the design was for no short(since the components are placed so close, it seems that this has to happen all the time).





RE: Shorted components
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Did you point out this potential fault to them? In person? With the board in your hand?
Did you try to get the guy to admit "gee they ARE close together"?
Do you know what the components are? Shorting a resistor has a different effect from shorting a diode or capacitor.
Just because they can do one test that finds no fault, doesn't mean that you won't put in service that can't cause a fault.
STF
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If a board were returned to us with a functional error, we'd test for that function. Hunting for shorts would be less reliable. Components can happily live very close together, if they were designed to operate that way.
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Did this "vendor" design/layout the board for you? or are they just a board assembly house?
Why are you involved in this?
Where is the EE/board designer?
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It's old technology, but some of the products I deal with still have traces that are to be cut or bridged to configure a permanent parameter.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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