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2 layers250.2 × 95.3 mmKeyboard, the printed circuit board in 3D

Development of a Raspberry Pi based laptop.

Size
250.2 × 95.3 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
91
Nets
93
Pads
450
Tracks, vias
1,902, 17
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 5 (file 20171130)
Created
5 Aug 2018
Updated
26 Mar 2019

Overview

Keyboard is an open-source printed circuit board by EmilSchaetzle, from the EmilSchaetzle/PI-Book repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 250.2 × 95.3 mm with 91 parts on 93 nets, routed with 1,902 tracks and 17 vias.

It is built around the ATMEGA2560-16AU. Its parts include 79 switches, 3 capacitors, 2 connectors, 1 resistor and 1 IC. It belongs with the computers and single-board computers and keyboards and input boards and the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.

Main components

1

README

README.md

PI-Book

This repository features the development of a new Raspberry Pi based mobile laptop. This new laptop is optimized by focusing on battery life instead of computing power. A solar panel is used as well to guarantee the energy supply in areas with no access to electricity. Additionally we implemented several interfaces that are not usually found in modern laptops but are very effective for measuring and development such as a RS 232 port, I2C, or a few raw GPIO pins. The product itself could become a cost-efficient solution for developing countries.

Prototype

Building instructions

German paper

Parts

91
QtyValueFootprintReferences
78SW_PushButton_Switch_THT:SW_PUSH_6mm_H5mmSW0, SW1, SW2, SW10, SW11, SW12, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW16, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, SW21, SW22 +62
4MountingHole_3.2mm_M3MountingHole:MountingHole_3.2mm_M3MH0, MH1, MH2, MH3
3100nCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D5.0mm_W2.5mm_P2.50mmC1, C2, C3
110KResistor_THT:R_Axial_DIN0207_L6.3mm_D2.5mm_P7.62mm_HorizontalR1
18MCrystal:Resonator-3Pin_W6.0mm_H3.0mmY1
1ATmega2560-16AUPackage_QFP:TQFP-100_14x14mm_P0.5mmU1
1ICSPConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_2x03_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1
1JOYSTICK_THUMBJOYSTICK:JOYSTICKS1
1PI-ConnectorConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x03_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2

Questions

How big is the Keyboard PCB?

It measures 250.2 × 95.3 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Keyboard use?

91 parts, built around the ATMEGA2560-16AU. 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 Keyboard KiCad files?

From the EmilSchaetzle/PI-Book repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is keyboard/schematic/keyboard.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Keyboard design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the GPL-3.0 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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