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4 layers35 × 35 mmBluetooth tracker, the printed circuit board in 3D

Bluetooth tracker

adwjli/bluetooth-tracker3

Bluetooth Tracker inspired by the Tile Mate Bluetooth Tracker, built around the Nordic nRF51822 Bluetooth transceiver.

Size
35 × 35 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
0.8 mm
Parts
25
Nets
17
Pads
106
Tracks, vias
146, 52
Pours
5
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 5 (file 20171130)
Created
15 May 2020
Updated
27 May 2020

Overview

Bluetooth tracker is an open-source printed circuit board by adwjli, from the adwjli/bluetooth-tracker repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 35 × 35 mm with 25 parts on 17 nets, routed with 146 tracks and 52 vias.

It is built around the BAL-NRF01D3, NX2520SA-16MHZ-STD-CSW-5 and PKMCS0909E4000-R1. Its parts include 12 capacitors, 3 resistors, 1 IC, 1 transistor and 1 connector. It belongs with the radio and wireless boards and the nRF52 and nRF5x boards of this library.

Main components

3

README

README.md

Bluetooth Tracker

Introduction

A Bluetooth Tracker inspired by the Tile Mate Bluetooth Tracker, built around the Nordic nRF51822 Bluetooth transceiver. The device can be programmed to pair with any Android or iOS mobile device via a mobile app.

The design of the trace antenna was provided by Texas Instrument in Application Note AN043. It is an Inverted F Antenna (IFA) with a matched 50 Ohm characteristic impedance at 2.4GHz. The device is capable of up to 4dBm of transmit power.

Gallery

Bluetooth Tracker PCB with enclosure.

Bleutooth Tracker PCB close up.

Bluetooth Tracker PCB, top and bottom.

Bluetooth Tracker PCB, top and bottom, bare PCB.

Copper Layers

PCB copper layers.

Parts

25
QtyValueFootprintReferences
3100nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC7, C8, C15
215pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC2, C4
21kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR1, R3
21nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC5, C6
222pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC1, C3
11.0pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC13
11.5pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC14
1100kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR2
13.3nHInductor_SMD:L_0402_1005MetricL3
147nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC10
1ANTENNA-IFA-2.4GHZglobal-library:ANTENNA-IFA-2.4GHZ-2AE1
1BAL-NRF01D3global-library:FCBGA-5NGN1
1CONN4PROGglobal-library:CONN4PROGJ1
1CR2032_CLIP2global-library:CR2032_CLIP2BAT1
1ECS-_327-12_5-34B-TRglobal-library:SMD-2_3.2x1.5mmGXTAL1
1FDV301N_Gglobal-library:SOT-23-3_GQ1
1NRF51822-QFAA-T_Gglobal-library:QFN-48-1EP_6x6mmGU1
1NX2520SA-16MHZ-STD-CSW-5global-library:SOIC254P1016X440-4NXTAL2
1PKMCS0909E4000-R1global-library:Piezo_9x9mm_PKLCS1212E40A1-R1BZ1

Questions

How big is the Bluetooth tracker PCB?

It measures 35 × 35 mm and has 4 copper layers, 0.8 mm thick.

What parts does the Bluetooth tracker use?

25 parts, built around the BAL-NRF01D3, NX2520SA-16MHZ-STD-CSW-5 and PKMCS0909E4000-R1. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.

Where can I download the Bluetooth tracker KiCad files?

From the adwjli/bluetooth-tracker repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is bluetooth-tracker.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Bluetooth tracker design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the GPL-3.0 licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).

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