Hi guys,

I was wondering: do the I/V stages and the SE converter of the IVY have separate ground planes or do they share the same ground on the board? I'm using seperate power supplies to the different stages, and a star grounding scheme to a single point near the power supplies. I was therefore wondering if I needed only to connect 1 of the ground terminals of the IVY to my star ground or all three?

Second question on the same subject: Is the signal ground connection between the IVY and the Buffalo separate from the power ground plane? And if not, do I tie the Buffalo to my star point?

Or is this kind of grounding all , and do I connect al the grounds to the individual power supply boards and keep everything floating or 1 supply connected to earth ground?

That were all my newbie grounding questions. I did test both floating and all ground terminals to 1 star point, both dead quiet..but was wondering about the best practice.

Thanks in advance for helping out the newbie.

Russ,

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll use the IVY as star ground point. But in practice this comes down to connecting each supply ground to its respective ground connector on the IVY. Only the Buffalo supply itself will then be 'daisy-chained' to the star ground through the Buffalo. But that shouldn't be an issue.

Thanks, Maarten