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2 layers45.6 × 49.5 mmHex2811, the printed circuit board in 3D

LED Strip Driver PCB

Size
45.6 × 49.5 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
42
Nets
94
Pads
230
Tracks, vias
376, 27
Pours
1
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 4
Created
10 Oct 2016
Updated
10 Dec 2020

Overview

Hex2811 is an open-source printed circuit board by brainsmoke, from the brainsmoke/hex2811-penta repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board of 45.6 × 49.5 mm with 42 parts on 94 nets, routed with 376 tracks and 27 vias.

It is built around the MK20DX256VLH7, 74HC245D and AMS1117. Its parts include 21 resistors, 6 capacitors, 5 connectors, 4 ICs and 1 crystal. It belongs with the lEDs and displays boards and the NXP (LPC, Kinetis, i.MX RT) boards of this library.

Main components

3

README

README.md

Hex2811 Penta

A 16x WS2812/SK6812 ledstrip driver for my LED ball with 900 SK6812 LEDs.

Essentially a clone to the awesome fadecandy board, but with a faster MCU and a second buffer chip connected to PORTC bits 0-7, allowing me to drive 16x80 RGB chips, or 16x60 RGBW chips.

Assmbled PCB

Parts

42
QtyValueFootprintReferences
1668 Ohmlib:R0603R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16
6Clib:R0603C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6
5Rlib:R0603R17, R18, R19, R20, R21
4FILTERlib:R0603FB1, FB2, FB3, FB4
274HC245lib:tssop20U2, U3
1hex2811:hex2811
1AMS1117lib:SOT223U4
1CONN_01X02Pin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_2x01P2
1CONN_02X082x8P1-8
1CONN_02X08lib:2x8P9-16
1CRYSTAL_SMDlib:TSX-3225X1
1MK20DX256VLH7lib:LQFN64U1
1USB_OTGUSB_Mini-BP1
1hackerporthackerportP3

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Questions

How big is the Hex2811 PCB?

It measures 45.6 × 49.5 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Hex2811 use?

42 parts, built around the MK20DX256VLH7, 74HC245D and AMS1117. 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 Hex2811 KiCad files?

From the brainsmoke/hex2811-penta repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is pcb/hex2811.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Hex2811 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).