03-10-2018, 02:02 AM
Well here's RevB on the power bar. :) I ordered the original board and got them today but right after I ordered them I knew I wasn't happy. These do look good and still going to use them, the thing I don't like is how the top has all the relays etc... makes for a wide power bar. So I went back to the drawing board and this one is much better. Because I'm using that I/O IC for turning relays on/off there was no need for the optocouplers so I got ride of those and changed the single transistors to an 8ch IC, still use a separate power source on the board for powering it with the small AC/DC module so it's still fully isolated. I'm getting some IEC320 sockets that mount on the circuit board and there'll be a fuse holder on the board so the power bars won't have those 3 wires I talked about earlier, instead there will be 0 wires.
Picture doesn't look so good because there's no ground plain but in reality its a very nice looking board as I got the first version today, try and imagine it a matching deep blue with white text. I'll post a pic when I get the parts and have it assembled. Thankfully I haven't ordered these yet because I just realized I should change the 3 solder jumpers for I2C address to those mini DIP switches.
Picture doesn't look so good because there's no ground plain but in reality its a very nice looking board as I got the first version today, try and imagine it a matching deep blue with white text. I'll post a pic when I get the parts and have it assembled. Thankfully I haven't ordered these yet because I just realized I should change the 3 solder jumpers for I2C address to those mini DIP switches.