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Inline Mini-Circuits YAT attenuator between two SMP jacks
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"$shape": "adom-board-viewer-config/0.2",
"_note": "Path B Coax Attenuator Molecule; content from the design files (BOM/footprints); RF signal path highlighted. Behaviours illustrative.",
"board": {
"name": "Coax Attenuator Molecule",
"subtitle": "Inline Mini-Circuits YAT attenuator between two SMP jacks",
"rev": "as-drawn from coax-antennuator-molecule-32x32.kicad_pcb",
"source": "KiCad project (PCB + STEP export)",
"size_mm": [
40.0,
40.0
],
"thickness_mm": 1.6,
"copper_layers": 2
},
"blocks": [
{
"id": "pins",
"label": "Machine pins",
"color": "#64748b",
"short": "MP1-4"
},
{
"id": "in",
"label": "Input J1",
"color": "#22c55e",
"short": "Amphenol SMP"
},
{
"id": "atten",
"label": "Attenuator U1",
"color": "#ef4444",
"short": "Mini-Circuits YAT"
},
{
"id": "out",
"label": "Output J2",
"color": "#f5a524",
"short": "Amphenol SMP"
},
{
"id": "signal",
"label": "Transmission line",
"color": "#39d0ff",
"short": "RF trace (grounded CPW)"
}
],
"modes": {
"assembly": {
"label": "Assembly",
"blurb": "Parts drop in along the RF signal path while each caption explains it.",
"order": [
"pins",
"in",
"signal",
"atten",
"out"
],
"timing": {
"fall_s": 0.47,
"stagger_s": 0.027,
"dwell_s": 5.5,
"rest_s": 4.0,
"drop_height_mm": 16
},
"intro": {
"d": 5,
"eyebrow": "Coax Attenuator Molecule",
"head": "Inline Mini-Circuits YAT attenuator between two SMP jacks",
"rows": [
[
"mm",
"40 x 40"
],
[
"32 x 32",
"datum"
],
[
"Mini-Circuits YAT",
"attenuator"
]
],
"note": "A fixed inline attenuator: J1 (SMP) \u2192 U1 (Mini-Circuits YAT attenuator) \u2192 J2 (SMP), on a 32 x 32 mm machine-pin datum. The YAT value is set by the fitted part."
},
"captions": {
"pins": {
"eyebrow": "MP1-4",
"head": "Machine pins",
"rows": [
[
"Parts",
"MP1-4"
]
],
"note": "Machine pins."
},
"in": {
"eyebrow": "Amphenol",
"head": "Input J1",
"rows": [
[
"Parts",
"Amphenol SMP"
]
],
"note": "Input J1."
},
"atten": {
"eyebrow": "Mini-Circuits",
"head": "Attenuator U1",
"rows": [
[
"Parts",
"Mini-Circuits YAT"
]
],
"note": "Attenuator U1."
},
"out": {
"eyebrow": "Amphenol",
"head": "Output J2",
"rows": [
[
"Parts",
"Amphenol SMP"
]
],
"note": "Output J2."
},
"signal": {
"eyebrow": "RF path",
"head": "Transmission line",
"rows": [
[
"Type",
"grounded coplanar waveguide"
],
[
"Trace",
"0.306 mm"
]
],
"note": "The RF conductor carrying the signal along the path; highlighted by the Static-mode Signal path toggle."
}
}
},
"static": {
"label": "Static",
"blurb": "The seated board. Camera is yours; hover a part, click legend rows to isolate a section. Toggle the signal path.",
"functions": {
"power_leds": {
"label": "Signal path",
"refs": [
"J1",
"U1",
"J2",
"SIGPATH"
],
"color": "#39d0ff",
"default": false,
"_src": "AUTHOR: the SMP-in / YAT / SMP-out attenuator chain."
}
}
}
},
"tooltips": {
"enabled": true,
"_note": "Measured from geometry + BOM; no datasheet citations."
}
}