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Caleb animate transmission line: signal-path conductor + Signal-path highlight 47c36d8 1mo ago
{
 "$shape": "adom-board-viewer-config/0.2",
 "_note": "Path B Combiner Molecule; content from the design files (BOM/footprints); RF signal path highlighted. Behaviours illustrative.",
 "board": {
  "name": "Combiner Molecule",
  "subtitle": "Two Mini-Circuits EP2W+ combiners, four SMP jacks \u2014 104 x 104 mm",
  "rev": "as-drawn from combiner-molecule.kicad_pcb",
  "source": "KiCad project (PCB + STEP export)",
  "size_mm": [
   104.0,
   104.0
  ],
  "thickness_mm": 1.6,
  "copper_layers": 2
 },
 "blocks": [
  {
   "id": "pins",
   "label": "Machine pins / mounts",
   "color": "#64748b",
   "short": "datum + 8 mounts"
  },
  {
   "id": "ports",
   "label": "SMP ports",
   "color": "#22c55e",
   "short": "J11-J14"
  },
  {
   "id": "comb",
   "label": "Combiners",
   "color": "#ef4444",
   "short": "EP2W+ (U1, U2)"
  },
  {
   "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",
    "ports",
    "signal",
    "comb"
   ],
   "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": "Combiner Molecule",
    "head": "Two Mini-Circuits EP2W+ combiners, four SMP jacks \u2014 104 x 104 mm",
    "rows": [
     [
      "mm",
      "104 x 104"
     ],
     [
      "EP2W+ combiner",
      "2x"
     ],
     [
      "SMP",
      "4x"
     ]
    ],
    "note": "A two-way RF combiner/splitter carrier: two Mini-Circuits EP2W+ (U1, U2) with four Amphenol SMP jacks (J11-J14), on a machine-pin datum with eight mounting-hole pads."
   },
   "captions": {
    "pins": {
     "eyebrow": "datum",
     "head": "Machine pins / mounts",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "datum + 8 mounts"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "Machine pins / mounts."
    },
    "ports": {
     "eyebrow": "J11-J14",
     "head": "SMP ports",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "J11-J14"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "SMP ports."
    },
    "comb": {
     "eyebrow": "EP2W+",
     "head": "Combiners",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "EP2W+ (U1, U2)"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "Combiners."
    },
    "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": [
      "J11",
      "J12",
      "J13",
      "J14",
      "U1",
      "U2",
      "SIGPATH"
     ],
     "color": "#39d0ff",
     "default": false,
     "_src": "AUTHOR: the SMP ports and the two EP2W+ combiners."
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "tooltips": {
  "enabled": true,
  "_note": "Measured from geometry + BOM; no datasheet citations."
 }
}