Yesterday, a PCB of the Firewire PD was designed. This design is designated for prototyping and isn't considered final. Surface mount components will be used for this project and thus the copper for this will be on the top (front) as opposed to earlier designs where the back was reserved for the copper. There is one rear copper connecter that will be implemented via a jumper.
A lot of copper was used for the Net-(D1-A) contact and the Ground contact. The reason for this is to make the production process easier, specifically when dissolving the copper on the board. The design is influenced from anticipation of production. The production had some issues and the next iteration will incorporate those findings.
Here's the PCB with the components ![]()
And here's the PCB with the components and the front Copper ![]()