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Caleb animate transmission line: signal-path conductor + Signal-path highlight baa9469 1mo ago
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 "$shape": "adom-board-viewer-config/0.2",
 "_note": "Path B Ranger Micro Breakout (extended); content from the design files (BOM/footprints); RF signal path highlighted. Behaviours illustrative.",
 "board": {
  "name": "Ranger Micro Breakout (extended)",
  "subtitle": "U.FL + SMP + YAT attenuator breakout \u2014 104 x 104 mm",
  "rev": "as-drawn from ranger-micro-breakout-molecule-extended.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 / contacts",
   "color": "#64748b",
   "short": "MP + MC + mounts"
  },
  {
   "id": "rf",
   "label": "RF ports",
   "color": "#22c55e",
   "short": "U.FL J10, SMP J11"
  },
  {
   "id": "atten",
   "label": "Attenuator",
   "color": "#ef4444",
   "short": "YAT (U1)"
  },
  {
   "id": "hdr",
   "label": "Header",
   "color": "#f5a524",
   "short": "J1"
  },
  {
   "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",
    "rf",
    "signal",
    "atten",
    "hdr"
   ],
   "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": "Ranger Micro Breakout (extended)",
    "head": "U.FL + SMP + YAT attenuator breakout \u2014 104 x 104 mm",
    "rows": [
     [
      "mm",
      "104 x 104"
     ],
     [
      "J10",
      "U.FL"
     ],
     [
      "J11",
      "SMP"
     ]
    ],
    "note": "An extended RF breakout: a Hirose U.FL (J10) and an Amphenol SMP (J11) with an inline Mini-Circuits YAT attenuator (U1), broken out across machine pins (MP1-6) and machine contacts (MC1-6) plus a 1x5 header (J1)."
   },
   "captions": {
    "pins": {
     "eyebrow": "MP",
     "head": "Machine pins / contacts",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "MP + MC + mounts"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "Machine pins / contacts."
    },
    "rf": {
     "eyebrow": "U.FL",
     "head": "RF ports",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "U.FL J10, SMP J11"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "RF ports."
    },
    "atten": {
     "eyebrow": "YAT",
     "head": "Attenuator",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "YAT (U1)"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "Attenuator."
    },
    "hdr": {
     "eyebrow": "J1",
     "head": "Header",
     "rows": [
      [
       "Parts",
       "J1"
      ]
     ],
     "note": "Header."
    },
    "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": [
      "J10",
      "J11",
      "U1",
      "SIGPATH"
     ],
     "color": "#39d0ff",
     "default": false,
     "_src": "AUTHOR: the U.FL/SMP RF ports through the YAT attenuator."
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "tooltips": {
  "enabled": true,
  "_note": "Measured from geometry + BOM; no datasheet citations."
 }
}