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2 layers65 × 44 mmBloop box mainboard, the printed circuit board in 3D

Bloop Box Mainboard PCB

Size
65 × 44 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
33
Nets
44
Pads
165
Tracks, vias
148, 13
Pours
6
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 8.0 (file 20240108)
Created
3 Dec 2022
Updated
29 Aug 2024

Overview

Bloop box mainboard is an open-source printed circuit board by bloop-box, from the bloop-box/bloop-box-mainboard repository on GitHub, published under the BSD-2-Clause licence. It is a 2-layer board of 65 × 44 mm with 33 parts on 44 nets, routed with 148 tracks and 13 vias.

Its parts include 8 resistors, 6 connectors, 4 capacitors and 1 IC. It belongs with the computers and single-board computers boards of this library.

README

README.md

Bloop Box Mainboard

CI

Mainboard 3D Render

Documentation

The board is designed using KiCAD 6 with production and assembly by JLCPCB in mind. All parts are selected to be available from JLCPCB at the time of writing and as many parts as possible are used from their basic library.

  • uHAT format (fits on a Raspberry Pi Zero)
  • Connectors for:
    • Tailboard (Power supply, buttons, LEDs)
    • SPI NFC-reader (Pinout fitting for RC522 Module)
    • Speaker
    • I2C connector for LED-Board
    • Additional GPIO header with UART (optional)
  • Speaker is driven by a MAX98357 3W amplifier
    • amplifier gain can be set through jumper (9dB default setting)
    • SD_MODE is set to stereo mix by default, solder jumper for setting left-only

Pinout of all connectors is printed on the bottom of the board

See schematics for detailed GPIO pinout

Parts

33
QtyValueFootprintReferences
4VAL**Panelization:mouse-bite-2x5mm-slot-onesidedmouse-bite-2mm-slot, mouse-bite-2mm-slot, mouse-bite-2mm-slot, mouse-bite-2mm-slot
210kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR14, R15
21kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR20, R21
2220pCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC3, C4
24k7Resistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR16, R18
2FerriteInductor_SMD:L_0805_2012MetricFB1, FB2
1100kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR8
1100nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC2
110uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012MetricC1
11MResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR4
1GPIOConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_2x03_P2.54mm_HorizontalJ6
1GainConnector_PinHeader_2.00mm:PinHeader_2x03_P2.00mm_VerticalJP2
1I2CConnector_JST:JST_PH_S4B-PH-K_1x04_P2.00mm_HorizontalJ4
1LOGOMy_Footprints:CutieMark5mmInvertedG***
1LeftOnlyJumper:SolderJumper-2_P1.3mm_Open_RoundedPad1.0x1.5mmJP1
1MAX98357Package_DFN_QFN:TQFN-16-1EP_3x3mm_P0.5mm_EP1.23x1.23mm_ThermalViasU1
1NFC-ModuleConnector_JST:JST_PH_S8B-PH-K_1x08_P2.00mm_HorizontalJ5
1Raspberry_PiModule:Raspberry_Pi_Zero_Socketed_THT_FaceDown_MountingHolesJ3
1SPKRConnector_JST:JST_PH_S2B-PH-K_1x02_P2.00mm_HorizontalJ2
1TailBoardConnector_JST:JST_PH_S8B-PH-K_1x08_P2.00mm_HorizontalJ7

The 28 most common of 33 parts.

Questions

How big is the Bloop box mainboard PCB?

It measures 65 × 44 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Bloop box mainboard use?

33 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 Bloop box mainboard KiCad files?

From the bloop-box/bloop-box-mainboard repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is pcb/BloopBox Mainboard.kicad_pcb and its schematic pcb/BloopBox Mainboard.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Bloop box mainboard design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the BSD-2-Clause 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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