Manufacturing Review Notes — Rev A
Project
Ascent Environmental Monitor Carrier Board / Arduino Nano ESP32 industrial carrier for Trace Surveys field deployments.
Mechanical and Layout
- Board size: 120 mm × 100 mm nominal.
- Stackup: 2-layer FR4, 1.6 mm target thickness.
- Manufacturing intent: JLCPCB-compatible, black solder mask, white silkscreen, ENIG finish.
- Mounting: 4 × M3 non-plated mounting holes added approximately 5 mm from the board corners for DIN rail enclosure or panel mounting.
- Large product-name silkscreen was removed per user request; remaining silkscreen focuses on practical field labels.
Connector Organisation
- Arduino Nano ESP32 socket retained at the top/central controller area.
- Field sensor terminals arranged primarily on the right edge.
- Condensation inputs arranged along the bottom edge.
- Power and communications located primarily on the left/top-left side.
- Clear labels added/retained for POWER, SEN66, PT1000-1 through PT1000-4, COND-1 through COND-4, RTC, SD CARD, LTE, and WIFI.
Power Review
- Primary power path includes USB-C 5 V input, fuse protection, reverse-current/reverse-polarity style protection, TVS/ESD protection, and 5 V / 3.3 V distribution.
- A global 1.0 mm trace rule was tested but caused copper-overlap DRC violations around tight connector/module pads, so it was removed rather than leaving an unmanufacturable board.
- Recommendation before production: visually inspect the routed 5 V path to the LTE/power expansion area and widen any manually accessible straight segments if the exact LTE modem/module current requires it. For pilot deployment without a high-current LTE module fitted, the present routing passed the checked DRC/manufacturing categories.
Decoupling / Stability
- Bulk/local capacitance is included on the 5 V and 3.3 V rails and near module/header areas.
- For future LTE use, fit additional local bulk capacitance at the LTE module/power header if the selected SIM7600 carrier board does not already include adequate onboard capacitance.
Field I/O Protection
- Condensation inputs include pull-up resistor footprints and ESD protection footprints.
- External sensor wiring is separated toward board edges for field serviceability.
- PT1000 field wiring is broken out via dedicated PT1000-1 through PT1000-4 channels associated with the plug-in MAX31865 module headers.
Verification Status
Review timestamp: 2026-06-16 15:24 UTC.
Checked categories reported no open ERROR/WARNING/OPEN issues for:
- Airwires
- Missing footprints
- Invalid layers
- Dangling traces
- Overlapping traces
- Overlapping copper
- Floating copper
- ERC floating pins
- ERC dangling/unconnected wire endpoints
- ERC single-pin / undriven nets
- Manufacturing part number checks
- Deprecated rules
Manufacturing Caveats
- EasyEDA-native export is not available from the current Flux export set. Standard manufacturing exports should be used instead: Gerber, BOM, pick-and-place, STEP/GLB 3D, ODB++, IPC-D-356, and PDF.
- Before ordering, confirm exact third-party module pinouts for MAX31865, DS3231 RTC, MicroSD, SEN66 cable, VL53L8CX module, and SIM7600 expansion module against the schematic headers.
- Confirm connector orientation and field-wire access in the intended DIN rail or panel enclosure.