
C64 RS232 Adapter Board
baldengineer/C64_RS-232_Adapter
RS232 Adapter for the Commodore User Port

RS232 Adapter for the Commodore User Port
C64 RS232 Adapter Board is an open-source printed circuit board by baldengineer, from the baldengineer/C64_RS-232_Adapter repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board of 50.2 × 57.2 mm with 31 parts on 67 nets, routed with 287 tracks and 22 vias.
It is built around the MAX3241ECAI+T. Its parts include 5 capacitors, 4 connectors, 2 resistors, 1 IC and 1 diode. It belongs with the interfaces and adapters boards of this library.
RS232 Adapter for the Commodore User Port
| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | SolderJumper_2_Bridged | Jumper:SolderJumper-2_P1.3mm_Bridged_RoundedPad1.0x1.5mm | JP1, JP2, JP3, JP4, JP5, JP6, JP7, JP8, JP9, JP10, JP11, JP12, JP13 |
| 4 | 1u | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C2, C3, C4, C5 |
| 4 | MountingHole | MountingHole:MountingHole_2.5mm | H1, H2, H3, H4 |
| 1 | 0.1u | Capacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric | C1 |
| 1 | 10K | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R2 |
| 1 | 1K | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric | R1 |
| 1 | C64_USER_PORT | My Libraries:0.156-2x12 | J3 |
| 1 | DB25_RS232 | Connector_Dsub:DSUB-25_Male_EdgeMount_P2.77mm | J2 |
| 1 | MAX3241ECAI+T | Package_SO:SSOP-28_5.3x10.2mm_P0.65mm | U1 |
| 1 | PWR | LED_SMD:LED_1206_3216Metric | D1 |
| 1 | RESET | My Libraries:Pushbutton-SMD-TL3305-2-Pad | SW1 |
| 1 | RS232_HDR | Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x10_P2.54mm_Vertical | J1 |
| 1 | User Port Breakout | My Libraries:TSM-for-C64-User-Port | J4 |

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It measures 50.2 × 57.2 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.
31 parts, built around the MAX3241ECAI+T. 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.
From the baldengineer/C64_RS-232_Adapter repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is kicad/C64 RS232 Adapter Board - v1/C64 RS232 Adapter Board.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
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).