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OCuLink Riser for the Supermicro AIOM Slot
Public Unreviewedby John Lauer
Passive OCP NIC 3.0 SFF card that breaks a Supermicro AIOM slot's PCIe x16 into four OCuLink 4i ports (4 x4, Gen4): 6-layer, 85 ohm, length-matched, DRC-clean KiCad project with Gerbers, BOM and CPL.
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clips/README.md+12@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The whole build, filmed off the screen while Claude worked in Adom Hydrogen, cut | [4. Scan chain, parts and sourcing](#4-scan-chain-parts-and-sourcing) | 2:25 to 3:12 | The router converging, the outline fix, the OCP scan chain, new component pages, live stock | | [5. Design rules and routing closed](#5-design-rules-and-routing-closed) | 3:12 to 3:59 | Steps declared on the timeline, JLCPCB 6-layer rules, every net routed, final DRC and cleanup | | [6. The board opens in KiCad](#6-the-board-opens-in-kicad) | 3:59 to 4:45 | Last routing fixes, the real board in KiCad, parts staged for placement |+| [7. Placement and the routing gate](#7-placement-and-the-routing-gate) | 4:46 to 5:33 | 47 parts landed live one at a time, the routing gate, tracks landing | ## 1. The request and the research @@ -82,3 +83,14 @@ The whole build, filmed off the screen while Claude worked in Adom Hydrogen, cut - KiCad opens with the real board: gold fingers along the bottom edge, the OCuLink connectors along the top, length-tuned pairs between them through the copper pours. - The small parts are staged beside the board: the scan chain chip, its resistors, the status LED and the decoupling capacitors. - The components and libraries steps check that every part has a footprint and a 3D model before placement.++## 7. Placement and the routing gate++<video controls preload="metadata" width="1080" poster="clips/clip-07-poster.jpg" src="clips/clip-07.mp4"></video>++[Download clip 7](clips/clip-07.mp4) (2 min 53 s, 16x, narrated)++- Routing sends the run back to placement for a rework; the small parts return to the staging area beside the board.+- adom-aiflow lands the parts live, one at a time, each its own undo step: 47 parts in about 90 seconds.+- The routing plan goes through the gate before any copper lands. The first try finds 39 unconnected pins; after a fix it passes with zero new DRC errors and zero unconnected.+- The tracks then land live one at a time, each checked against the design rules before it goes down.
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