Solar Dashboard Compass Design


PCB layout setup and placement are done.
  • Board set to a compact 95 × 45 mm rounded rectangle, 4-layer stackup.
  • Three orange 7-segment displays are aligned as a dashboard readout.
  • Brightness/off knob is placed on the accessible front edge.
  • Solar/battery/debug connectors are edge-accessible.
  • Power section is grouped away from the magnetometer; MCU/sensor/display sections are grouped for cleaner routing.
  • Placement review looks good; remaining errors are expected unrouted connections plus generic passive MPN warnings.
Next step is routing the board traces. Ready to route?
Yes, route the board traces.
I’ll run the routing pre-check, route the board, then review the result for remaining unrouted connections or manufacturing issues. I’ll keep the existing placement intact.
Pre-routing found one real footprint issue at the charger: some mechanical/copper pads on U3 overlap its ground pad but aren’t assigned to the same net. I’m fixing that before routing so the autorouter doesn’t create an unsafe result.
Thought for 13 mins 40 sec
Thought for 5 mins 33 sec
2/5 Fix U3 charger footprint overlapping copper/net assignment before routing

Run pre-routing board validation

Fix U3 charger footprint overlapping copper/net assignment before routing

Auto-route all PCB nets

Review routed board for airwires and DRC issues

Summarize routing result and any remaining issues

Accessed knowledge for the next task.
u# has no copper overlap that I can see

Solar Dashboard Compass

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