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by AceJohnny2 1328 days ago
> Starting from the left, the power comes in through screw terminals (J201, J202). The extra screw terminal is for daisy-chaining power to other boards.

Sopa-box time! Screw terminals suck. They're just... the default.

Great Scott had a good overview of some alternatives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE3CjZ0BUFo
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fuckstick 1328 days ago
Funny because none of those are really alternatives though - the screw terminals are a PCB mounted device and the comparisons were all wire to wire.

And in the final analysis of that video they measured out to 22 mohm so they note they’re fine for low current work.

Screw terminals don’t suck - they have their applications and they’re economical.

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