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... from ultimarc site:
http://ultimarc.com/ipac2.html
SavannahLion:
Looping the ground is just there for insurance purposes. It just boils down to a matter of preference. I'm not sure which I prefer. Looping adds extra reliability, but I would want to know about any potential problems before they become too serious.

I drew these crappy little diagrams for this thread.

The green dots and marks represent dead buttons or failed connections.
The green dots represent buttons.
The green square represents a PCB.

This is what you have when you have no ground loop.


This is what happens when the wire or some connection is severed.


This is a break near the PCB.


A looped ground.


A break near the PCB.


A break between two buttons.


Two breaks, one near PCB one between buttons.


A break at the PCB.


As you can see, in a serious failure, it's easier to pinpoint certain problems.
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