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4 layersCell, the printed circuit board in 3D

Hardware-In-the-Loop (HiL ⛰️) for high-quality validation 🧪 everywhere 🚀

Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
64
Nets
61
Pads
201
Tracks, vias
515, 76
Pours
2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 9.0 (file 20241229)
Created
24 Jan 2025
Updated
22 May 2025

Overview

Cell is an open-source printed circuit board by atopile, from the atopile/hil repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 4-layer board with 64 parts on 61 nets, routed with 515 tracks and 76 vias.

Its parts include 26 resistors, 15 capacitors, 14 ICs, 4 transistors and 3 diodes.

README

README.md

Hardware Test 🧪 for Happy Engineers, PMs and CTOs

Hardware-in-the-Loop, or HiL (sometimes HitL), is a way to continuously validate your hardware and firmware together. By connecting actual hardware to virtual test scenarios, HiL enables thorough testing of embedded systems, control units, and firmware under realistic conditions without the risks and costs of full physical testing.

HiL testing catches integration issues early, accelerates development cycles, and ensures robust system performance before deployment. Typically the domain of the most sophisticated automotive and aerospace companies, this HiL suite is now for all 🚀.

Usage

If you haven't already, get atopile and run through the quickstart and tutorial.

This suite is intended to be used as a dependency on your project. So, create a new project (ato create project) and add this suite as a dependency (ato install https://github.com/atopile/hil)

Parts

64
QtyValueFootprintReferences
1210kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR4, R5, R8, R9, R12, R15, R18, R20, R21, R23, R24, R25
810µF ±10% 25V X5Ratopile:C0805-3b2e55C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C11, C12
4atopile:SOT-23-3_L2.9-W1.6-P1.90-LS2.8-BR-186170Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
41kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR13, R16, R17, R22
3lib:SOT-23-6_L2.9-W1.6-P0.95-LS2.8-BLU3, U4, U10
3atopile:LED0603-RD-c81ffbLED1, LED2, LED3
3100nF ±10% 16V X7Ratopile:C0402-b3ef17C9, C13, C14
31µF ±10% 25V X5Ratopile:C0402-b3ef17C10, C15, C16
32kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR1, R11, R14
2atopile:LED-SMD_4P-L2.0-W2.0-BR-57a8d0U12, U13
2atopile:RELAY-TH_HFDXXX-689a1eU8, U9
1lib:SOT-563_L1.6-W1.2-P0.50-LS1.6-TLU7
1atopile:SOT-23-3_L3.0-W1.7-P0.95-LS2.9-BR-9c7906U14
1atopile:SOIC-8_L4.9-W3.9-P1.27-LS6.0-TL-e13595U11
1atopile:QFN-16_L3.0-W3.0-P0.50-BL-EP1.7-3a4c56U5
1atopile:IND-SMD_L4.0-W4.0-81e2fdL2
1atopile:IND-SMD_L4.4-W4.2-3ea78aL1
1atopile:MSOP-10_L3.0-W3.0-P0.50-LS5.0-BL-752175U2
1atopile:PWRM-TH_BXXXXS-2WR3-d8b2fbU1
1lib:WSON-6_L2.0-W2.0-P0.65-TL-EPU6
1100mΩ ±1% 125mWatopile:R0805-c79e8bR10
1100Ω ±1% 125mWatopile:R0805-c79e8bR19
1100Ω ±1% 250mWatopile:R1206-bdb864R26
12.2µF ±10% 25V X7Ratopile:C0805-3b2e55C1
124kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR2
137.4kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR3
143kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR6
160.4kΩ ±1% 62.5mWatopile:R0402-56259eR7

Questions

What parts does the Cell use?

64 parts. 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 Cell KiCad files?

From the atopile/hil repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is elec/layout/cell/cell.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Cell design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the MIT 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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