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2 layers131.5 × 184.4 mmFissure, the printed circuit board in 3D

A 46/36/40 key split keyboard

Size
131.5 × 184.4 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
239
Nets
283
Pads
1,330
Tracks, vias
3,322, 589
Pours
4
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 7 (file 20221018)
Created
8 Sep 2019
Updated
30 Oct 2023

Overview

Fissure is an open-source printed circuit board by crides, from the crides/fissure repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board of 131.5 × 184.4 mm with 239 parts on 283 nets, routed with 3,322 tracks and 589 vias.

It is built around the W25Q128JVSIQ, TLV62568DBV and BQ24075RGT, with the DW01A, FS8205 and SRV05-4 among its other parts. Its parts include 52 diodes, 44 switches, 36 resistors, 17 capacitors and 16 ICs. It belongs with the keyboards and input boards of this library.

Main components

7

README

README.md

Fissure

My Choc-only split keyboard for desktop use with constant experiments. See below for current keymap

You can find firmware, PCB design and gerber files for past versions if you want to build your own (I'm not used to version controlling PCB files, so if you have problems with them, please let me know). The firmware of this keyboard is based on QMK firmware. The PCB files are in pcb/, and firmwares in qmk/.

For a list of all of the past versions, see here. Fun fact: only the first version has 46 keys, which came down to 36 after two weeks of using when I desoldered the top number row.

For a list of past keymaps, you'll have to do it manually as Keyboard Layout Editor doesn't support viewing versions of a keymap. Since the saved keymap is hosted on gist, you can check out all the past versions of the gist, copy the contents of each file back into KLE to view the past keymaps.

Picture of latest version (v3.2)

Latest Keymap

(generated using https://github.com/caksoylar/keymap-drawer with tweaked colors, source is in keymap.yaml. Note the existence of the lower outer pinky keys is a limitation of the graphic generator. equivalent version on KLE)

Parts

239
QtyValueFootprintReferences
40LED_BGRALED_SMD:LED_ASMB-KTF0-0A306LED1, LED2, LED10, LED11, LED12, LED13, LED14, LED15, LED16, LED17, LED18, LED19, LED20, LED21, LED22, LED23 +24
13100kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR3, R5, R8, R10, R11, R12, R18, R19, R20, R21, R24, R25, R26
12diode-chocpg1350:pg1350-SK3, K8, K13, K18, K19, K20, K23, K28, K33, K38, K39, K40
101SS309Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-5D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12
10diode-chocpg1350:pg1350-SNK1, K6, K11, K16, K17, K25, K30, K35, K36, K37
9diode-chocpg1350:pg1350-SRK4, K9, K14, K21, K24, K26, K29, K31, K34
9diode-chocpg1350:pg1350-SLK2, K5, K7, K10, K12, K15, K22, K27, K32
84.7uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C13, C14, C15
85.1kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR7, R9, R13, R14, R29, R30, R35, R36
710kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR1, R2, R4, R15, R16, R22, R23
6soldered-nuts:M2H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6
61kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR6, R17, R27, R28, R33, R34
4Conn_01x12_Pinfissure:bridge-connJ3, J4, J12, J16
4Conn_01x12_Socketfissure:bridgeJ6, J7, J11, J17
3100nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC6, C7, C8
20.1uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC16, C17
2100Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR31, R32
210nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC9, C11
210uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC10, C12
210uHInductor_SMD:L_0603_1608MetricL1, L3
2AO3400APackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23Q1, Q2
2BQ24075Package_DFN_QFN:VQFN-16-1EP_3x3mm_P0.5mm_EP1.68x1.68mm_ThermalViasU3, U9
2Battery_CellConnector_JST:JST_PH_S2B-PH-SM4-TB_1x02-1MP_P2.00mm_HorizontalBT1, BT2
2DW01APackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-6U11, U14
2FS8205Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-6U15, U16
2IS31FL3729Package_DFN_QFN:QFN-32-1EP_4x4mm_P0.4mm_EP2.9x2.9mm_ThermalViasU6, U13
2REDLED_SMD:LED_0805_2012MetricD1, D2
2SRV05-4Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-6U7, U8
2SW_PushButton_Switch_SMD:SW_SPST_B3U-1000PSW1, SW2
2SW_SPDTButton_Switch_SMD:SW_SPDT_PCM12SW3, SW4
2USB_C_Receptacle_USB2.0Connector_USB:USB_C_Receptacle_HRO_TYPE-C-31-M-12J2, J8
2W25Q128JVSPackage_SO:SOIC-8_5.23x5.23mm_P1.27mmU2, U10
2debug-portmisc:debug-port-single-sideJ1, J9
2e73-2gm08s1cmcu:e73-2g4m08s1c-shrunkU1, U12
12.2uHInductor_SMD:L_1008_2520MetricL2
13V3TestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP7
1CSTestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP1
1GNDTestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP8
1LOGOLOGOG***
1MISOTestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP3
1MOSITestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP4
1PMW3610sensor:PMW3610U5
1SCLTestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP6
1SCLKTestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP2
1SDATestPoint:TestPoint_THTPad_D1.0mm_Drill0.5mmTP5
1TLV62568DBVPackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23-5U4
1cirque-trackpadConnector_FFC-FPC:Hirose_FH12-12S-0.5SH_1x12-1MP_P0.50mm_HorizontalJ5
1githubfissure:githubQR*****

The 201 most common of 239 parts.

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Questions

How big is the Fissure PCB?

It measures 131.5 × 184.4 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Fissure use?

239 parts, built around the W25Q128JVSIQ, TLV62568DBV, BQ24075RGT and DW01A. 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 Fissure KiCad files?

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

Can I use the Fissure 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).