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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:25:55 -0400
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] printed meter shunts
From: Jason White <whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com>
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A quick Google for "PCB trace resistance calculator" shows many nifty
calculators like

http://circuitcalculator.com/wordpress/2006/01/24/trace-resistance-calculator.

But that does not take into account temperature rise form the high
currents, so a better calculator exists in this case the author called
it a "PCB Trace Width Calculator." It follows the IPC-2221 technical
standard for calculating current capacities of PCB traces. For your
task this will should be sufficent as it gives both the required trace
width and trace resistance for a specific current. If it is not
accurate enough I would recommend taking the data directly IPC-2221 to
figure it out mathematically.

Make sure to leave room for a >10% manufacturing tolerance in copper
thickness (and thus resistance). I have a feeling that a *lot* of
trimming will be required. Make sure the trace is wide enough so that
is doesn't heat up significantly as resistance changes with
temperature

 http://circuitcalculator.com/wordpress/2006/01/31/pcb-trace-width-calculator/

Good Luck!
Jason White

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Richard Bown <richard AT g8jvm DOT com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I thinking of playing with the LTC1645 using its for over current shut
> down,
> it requires only 50mV across a shunt resistor to trip, at 10A thats
> 5milli ohm.
> And those resistors in TO-220 packages are expensive, so I was thinking
> why use a length of wide track, needs to wide as handling up to 10A .
> Are there any tables to give track resistance if the thickness , width
> and length are known.
> In practice its better to go for a lossier track and tap the voltage
> across it with a potential divider, so target around 10 - 20 milli ohms,
> cant use anything bigger as the board will get hot, 10A through 0.02 R
> is 2 W, so better around 0.01 R
>
> Thanks
>
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> Best wishes /73
> Richard Bown
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Jason White