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2 layers78.7 × 56.5 mmMicrobit eink feather adaptor, the printed circuit board in 3D

Microbit eink feather adaptor

carlosperate/microbit-eink-feather

This is a simple FeatherWing to micro:bit adaptor board designed specifically for the Adafruit 2.9" Grayscale eInk / ePaper Display FeatherWing: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4777

Size
78.7 × 56.5 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
9
Nets
91
Pads
116
Tracks, vias
87, 0
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 6 (file 20211014)
Created
5 Jun 2022
Updated
13 Jul 2023

Overview

Microbit eink feather adaptor is an open-source printed circuit board by carlosperate, from the carlosperate/microbit-eink-feather repository on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board of 78.7 × 56.5 mm with 9 parts on 91 nets, routed with 87 tracks and 0 vias.

It belongs with the lEDs and displays and microcontroller boards boards of this library.

README

README.md

micro:bit eInk Feather Adaptor

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This is a simple FeatherWing to micro:bit adaptor board designed specifically for the Adafruit 2.9" Grayscale eInk / ePaper Display FeatherWing: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4777

Repository Contents

  • datasheets: Datasheets for the components used in this adaptor board
  • docs: Documentation related to this adaptor board
  • firmware: Arduino Skectch to test the eInk FeatherWing with a micro:bit
  • hardware: The KiCad project files
  • output: Project output files, like the BOM, schematic PDFs, etc.
    • interactive_bom: BOM output from the Interactive HTML BOM KiCad plugin.
    • pdf: Schematic PDFs.
    • production: Gerber and drill files.

Documentation

License & Attributions

The Arduino test sketch is based on the Adafruit EDP ThinkInk_gray4 example, with MIT License.

The micro:bit edge connector is MIT Licensed and comes from: https://github.com/anthonykirby/kicad_microbit_connector

This project has been based on this FeatherWing template: https://github.com/ppelleti/FeatherWing-template-KiCad

The FeatherWing template and the rest of the repository (except where stated otherwise) is licensed under the same terms as the KiCad libraries, which is the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, with an exception that says that electronic designs based on this repository are not bound by the attribution and share-alike conditions.

Parts

9
QtyValueFootprintReferences
1Butterfly Holeproject_library:butterfly_holeH1
1G***kibuzzard-62B89D05kibuzzard-62B89D05
1G***kibuzzard-62B8B88Ckibuzzard-62B8B88C
1N/C (battery holder)Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x04_P2.54mm_VerticalJ4
1feather longConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x16_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1
1feather shortConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x12_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2
1microbit_edge_connectorConnector_PCBEdge:4UCON_10156_2x40_P1.27mm_Socket_HorizontalJ3

The 7 most common of 9 parts.

Questions

How big is the Microbit eink feather adaptor PCB?

It measures 78.7 × 56.5 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Microbit eink feather adaptor use?

9 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 Microbit eink feather adaptor KiCad files?

From the carlosperate/microbit-eink-feather repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is hardware/microbit_eink_feather_adaptor.kicad_pcb and its schematic hardware/microbit_eink_feather_adaptor.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Microbit eink feather adaptor design in my own project?

Its repository states no licence, so its author keeps all rights: ask carlosperate before reusing the design.

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