I changed it back to the original SOD-323, it is quite smaller but the pads are still quite close…should I go ahead and update to the smaller one?
I can say this, if this is the same diode that were on the old BLF drivers, the pads were very close together and sometimes the diodes wouldn’t stick down properly
The version that is up now is the SOD-123, initial release was SOD-323. Here is the pads next to each other
First 3 are SOD-123, the last small one is the SOD323…very small and that is the ones that I had a hard time getting the diode to stick down with
The SOD-123 from Mattaus (#3) looks like the right one and the one most universal
That is the one that is up right now on OSHPark
If you notice your special build the BLF15DD piston has the SOD-323 on it…when you put the resistors on it did they fit perfectly or seem to almost float on the solder on the pads?
You have built more of these than I have…do the diodes fit best on the 123 or 323 pads?
Ok, I just broke out all my boards I had
The schottky diodes you sent me are those the ones in the purchase list for the BLF drivers on the OSHPark page? If so then the SOD323 fits perfectly, my original builds i had a bigger diode…that might be the problem
If those are the right diodes then I need to set the size back…but the ones you set me should fit but will be on the outskirts of the pads
Should I fix it?
Ah crap…the digikey shopping list shows SOD-323…fixing back to the original build!
Luckily Mattaus reviewed and corrected all the other builds…the only one that uses that large footprint is the TexasPyro, but if you look the pads are really big so the SOD-323 will fit anyway