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4 layers70 × 85 mmBicep, the printed circuit board in 3D

bicep - a simple general purpose SAMD21G board

Size
70 × 85 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.61 mm
Parts
61
Nets
81
Pads
276
Tracks, vias
703, 137
Pours
3
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 8.0 (file 20240108)
Created
19 Jun 2024
Updated
19 Jun 2024

Overview

Bicep is an open-source printed circuit board by albachten, from the albachten/bicep repository on GitHub, published under the CC0-1.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 70 × 85 mm with 61 parts on 81 nets, routed with 703 tracks and 137 vias.

It is built around the ATSAMD21G18A-AU, AP2112K-3.3 and RFM95W-915S2, with the DMG3401LSN and SD103CW among its other parts. Its parts include 13 capacitors, 12 resistors, 12 connectors, 7 diodes and 4 ICs. It belongs with the power boards and the SAM D and SAM boards of this library.

Main components

5

README

README.md

Bicep - Flexing my "ARM" muscles

This is a simple ARM Cortex M0 development board with:

  • SAMD21 cpu
  • 2 serial connectors
  • 915MHz Hope RFM95 Lora module
  • LiPo battery w/usb charger and on-off switch
  • 3 I2C connectors (2 QWIIC and one pin header)

PCB

Schematic

Schematic pdf

Parts

61
QtyValueFootprintReferences
4100nCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC5, C7, C11, C12
410uCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC8, C9, C10, C13
41K5Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR3, R4, R5, R6
4MountingHole_PadMountingHole:MountingHole_3.2mm_M3_ISO7380_PadH1, H2, H3, H4
2100KResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR2, R10
218pCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC1, C3
21MResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR11, R12
21uCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC2, C4
22KResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR7, R9
2QWIICMyLib:QWIIC_JST_SH_BM04B-SRSS-TB_1x04-1MP_P1.00mm_VerticalJ2, J3
1 32.768K-12.5pMyLib:Crystal_SMD_G8-2Pin_3.2x1.5mmY1
110KResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR8
110kResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012MetricR1
11k5Inductor_SMD:L_0805_2012MetricFB1
12N7002Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23Q1
14u7Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC6
1915MhzRF_Antenna:Texas_SWRA416_868MHz_915MHzANT1
1ANALOGConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x06_P2.54mm_VerticalJ7
1AP2112K-3.3Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-5U4
1ATSAMD21G18A-APackage_QFP:TQFP-48_7x7mm_P0.5mmU1
1BATTMyLib:JST_PH_S2B-PH-SM4-TB_1x02-1MP_P2.00mm_HorizontalJ10
1BATTConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x02_P2.54mm_VerticalJ12
1CHGLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricLED5
1DATAConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x16_P2.54mm_VerticalJ9
1DEBUGMyLib:CortexDebugJ1
1DMG3401Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23Q2
1I2CConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x04_P2.54mm_VerticalJ4
1LEDLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricLED1
1LOGOMyLib:pirho_0.50G***
1LOGOMyLib:pirhoG***
1MCP73831-2Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-5U3
1MISCConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x12_P2.54mm_VerticalJ8
1POWERMyLib:EG1218_SPDT_Slide_SwitchSW2
1PWRLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricLED2
1RESETMyLib:TL3305B_SPST_PushButtonSW1
1RFM95W-915S2MyLib:RFM95CWU2
1RGBMyLib:LED_WS2812B-2020_PLCC4_2.0x2.0mmLED6
1RXLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricLED4
1SD103CWDiode_SMD:D_SOD-123D1
1SERIAL1Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x06_P2.54mm_VerticalJ5
1SERIAL2Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x06_P2.54mm_VerticalJ6
1TXLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricLED3
1USB_B_MicroMyLib:USB_Micro-B_Amphenol_10118194_HorizontalJ11

Questions

How big is the Bicep PCB?

It measures 70 × 85 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.61 mm thick.

What parts does the Bicep use?

61 parts, built around the ATSAMD21G18A-AU, AP2112K-3.3, RFM95W-915S2 and DMG3401LSN. 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 Bicep KiCad files?

From the albachten/bicep repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is bicep.kicad_pcb and its schematic bicep.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Bicep design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the CC0-1.0 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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