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4 layers27 × 94.5 mmSoilmoisture, the printed circuit board in 3D
Size
27 × 94.5 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
21
Nets
68
Pads
116
Tracks, vias
132, 40
Pours
68
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 7 (file 20221018)
Created
2 May 2023
Updated
27 Sep 2024

Overview

Soilmoisture is an open-source printed circuit board by fredriknk, from the fredriknk/SoilSense repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 27 × 94.5 mm with 21 parts on 68 nets, routed with 132 tracks and 40 vias.

It is built around the BT840, BAT-HLD-001-TR and RC0603FR-07100KL, with the RMCF0603ZT0R00, 0603N120J500CT and ABS07-32.768KHZ-T among its other parts. Its parts include 6 capacitors, 4 resistors, 3 connectors, 2 ICs and 2 crystals.

Main components

9

README

README.md

SOILSENSE

80 mhz MEMS oscillator Capacative soil sensor designed and routed in Kicad, the capacative probe is calculated to be between 1-70pF and uses a Festel BT840 nrf5284 system on chip zigbe bt5.0 module

PCB layout

SCHEMATIC

Assembly IBOM

TOP

Real Front Front

BOTTOM

Real Back Back

Source materials

The design is derived from from /u/bahildebrand/soil-moisture-pcb with an external 80mhz oscillator, added NTC tempsensor and a two prong coplanar capacative probe design.

Parts

21
QtyValueFootprintReferences
4100k 0603 1%Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR1, R2, R3, R4
20R 0603Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricJP1, JP2
2100nF 0603Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC3, C7
212pF 0603Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC1, C2
24.7uf 0603Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC4, C5
11-30pfsoil_lib:1-70pf_Soil_ProbeP1
1100k NTCResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricTH1
1ABS07-32.768KHZ-Tsoil_lib:XTAL320X150X90Y1
1BAT-HLD-001soil_lib:BAT-HLD-001U2
1BT840soil_lib:BT840-BT840U1
1CDSU101ADiode_SMD:D_SOD-523D1
1Conn_01x02 0.1"Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x02_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2
1Conn_ARM_JTAG_SWD_10Connector_PinHeader_1.27mm:PinHeader_2x05_P1.27mm_Vertical_SMDJ1
1SIT8008BC-23-18E-80.000000soil_lib:Oscillator_SMD_SeikoEpson_SG8002CE-4Pin_3.2x2.5mmX1

Questions

How big is the Soilmoisture PCB?

It measures 27 × 94.5 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Soilmoisture use?

21 parts, built around the BT840, BAT-HLD-001-TR, RC0603FR-07100KL and RMCF0603ZT0R00. 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 Soilmoisture KiCad files?

From the fredriknk/SoilSense repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is CAD/soilmoisture.kicad_pcb and its schematic CAD/oscillator.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Soilmoisture 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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