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2 layers94.5 × 94.5 mmTransponder, the printed circuit board in 3D

Transponder

condac/openAST16

open source Axx Simulated RC Transponder

Size
94.5 × 94.5 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
224
Nets
11
Pads
624
Tracks, vias
2,000, 32
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 4
Created
25 Jul 2014
Updated
21 Apr 2021

Overview

Transponder is an open-source printed circuit board by condac, from the condac/openAST repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-2.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 94.5 × 94.5 mm with 224 parts on 11 nets, routed with 2,000 tracks and 32 vias.

Its parts include 64 capacitors, 48 connectors, 32 resistors, 32 ICs and 32 diodes. It belongs with the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.

README

README.md

NEW! Arduino code

I strongly recomend switching to the arduino based code. All future changes will be made here. It is much more easy to work with now that I have managed to get the critical timings right to send a correct signal.

To add support for attiny in Arduino follow this guide https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/arjun/programming-attiny85-with-arduino-uno-afb829

Do note that if you try to program your attiny mounted in the transponder you need to desolder the resistor on the antenna loop or the device will not respond correctly ( giving wrong board id errors and not responding well at all etc...) And you still need to supply the chip with an own oscilator source because it do not like to use the 20mhz crystal in programming mode for some reason.

openAST

open source Axx Simulated transponder

This is for an attiny25 running at 20MHz

set fuse to -U lfuse:w:0xff:m in avrdude

To use the java program to encode run:

text
cd encoderProgram/java/dist
java -jar rctcode.jar 3456789

encode2: 0101001000010111011001000101010000000000
encodeOut:  1110000111001011111111010010100100101000000100110001110100010011001111110000
    ldi  d1,  0xe1
    ldi  d2,  0xcb
    ldi  d3,  0xfd
    ldi  d4,  0x29
    ldi  d5,  0x28
    ldi  d6,  0x13
    ldi  d7,  0x1d
    ldi  d8,  0x13
    ldi  d9,  0x3f

And the last lines you can paste in the asm file when you build your program and you have it ready to go.

To decode, input a binary string as argument (at least 12 char)

text
java -jar rctcode.jar 1110000111001011111111010010100100101000000100110001110100010011001111110000
  known decoded: 01010010000101110110010001010100000000
  known decoded int: 3456789

Parts

224
QtyValueFootprintReferences
3222pFCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5, C5 +16
161kResistors_SMD:R_0805R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4, R4
161nFCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6, C6
16220Resistors_SMD:R_0805R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3, R3
1650uFCapacitors_Tantalum_SMD:CP_Tantalum_Case-A_EIA-3216-18_ReflowC8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8, C8
16ATTINY85-PHousings_SOIC:SOIC-8_3.9x4.9mm_Pitch1.27mmIC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2, IC2
16CONN_2Connectors:PINHEAD1-2P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2, P2
16CRYSTALCrystals:Crystal_SMD_5032-2pin_5.0x3.2mmX2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2, X2
16Conn_01x02Pin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJ1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1, J1
16Conn_01x03Pin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x03_Pitch2.54mmJ2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2, J2
16DIODEDiodes_SMD:D_0805D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4, D4
16L78L05_SOT89TO_SOT_Packages_SMD:SOT-89-3U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2, U2
16LEDLEDs:LED_0805D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2, D2

Questions

How big is the Transponder PCB?

It measures 94.5 × 94.5 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Transponder use?

224 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 Transponder KiCad files?

From the condac/openAST repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is circuitDesign/transponder_16xSMD/transponder.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Transponder design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the GPL-2.0 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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