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lunalcd3: add Makefile for Gerber output generation
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sat, 04 Dec 2021 22:28:05 +0000
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1 Our lunalcd2 board built in 2021-08 (see ../lunalcd2 directory) was a success
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2 for the most part, but there is one issue: there is an elastic force originating
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3 somewhere in the area where the LCD module's FPC tail is folded under the body
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4 of the module, this force acts against both gravity and the adhesive, and it
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5 pushes the bottom of the LCD module upward, away from the PCB.
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7 Seeking to prevent this cosmetic problem (and possibly one of mechanical
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8 reliability) on our upcoming Venus board, we got a little metal bracket
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9 custom-made for us that is designed to hold the bottom of the LCD module in
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10 place. The present lunalcd3 PCB is a copy of lunalcd2 with the addition of two
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11 holes matching those in the bracket, thereby allowing this bracket to be used
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12 to hold down the LCD module.