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4 layers100 × 100 mmATU, the printed circuit board in 3D

Simple, portable automatic antenna tuner

Size
100 × 100 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
127
Nets
91
Pads
399
Tracks, vias
593, 175
Pours
9
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 5 (file 20171130)
Created
19 Dec 2020
Updated
3 Apr 2022

Overview

ATU is an open-source printed circuit board by hmatuschek, from the hmatuschek/ATU repository on GitHub. It is a 4-layer board of 100 × 100 mm with 127 parts on 91 nets, routed with 593 tracks and 175 vias.

It is built around the ATMEGA328-AU, MCP1703A-5002E/CB and 1N4148W, with the MMBT3904, BAT54W and BZX84C5V1 among its other parts. Its parts include 35 resistors, 27 capacitors, 21 diodes, 14 switches and 12 transistors. It belongs with the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.

Main components

6

README

README.md

Simple and Portable QRP Automatic Antenna Tuner

This is a first prototype for a QRP automatic antenna tuner. The final revision should provide

  • Small form factor. The chassis is already set: It should fit nicely into a 10 x 10 x 3cm Fischer chassis.
  • Tune a random wire of 10m-ish length + 1:9 UnUn on all Bands from 80m to 10m.
  • Battery powered. The chassis should contain a rechargeable battery including its charging circuit.
  • Using bi-stable relays the tuner should only consume power during the actual tuning. This increases the battery live extensively.

Revision 0

The first prototype lacks the battery and bistable relays. Hence, it is just a platform to develop and optimize the firmware.

License

(c) 2020, Hannes Matuschek, DM3MAT, dm3mat (at) darc (dot) de

The firmware and hardware are published under Creative Commons License SA-BY 4.0. See LICENSE file for details.

Parts

127
QtyValueFootprintReferences
14100nCapacitor_SMD:C_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderC10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C23, C24, C26
1410kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR6, R8, R11, R16, R17, R18, R21, R22, R25, R26, R29, R30, R33, R34
12100kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR5, R7, R9, R10, R19, R20, R23, R24, R27, R28, R31, R32
121N4148WDiode_SMD:D_SOD-123D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13, D14, D15, D16
12G5V-1Relay_THT:Relay_SPDT_Omron_G5V-1K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, K8, K9, K10, K11, K12
12MMBT3904Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10, Q11, Q12
51.5kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR12, R13, R14, R15, R35
410nCapacitor_SMD:C_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderC6, C7, C8, C9
4GNDMountingHole:MountingHole_3.2mm_M3_Pad_ViaH1, H2, H3, H4
31uCapacitor_SMD:C_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderC21, C22, C25
251Resistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR2, R3
268kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR1, R4
2BAT54WPackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-323_SC-70D1, D4
2BZX84C5V1Diode_SMD:D_SOT-23_ANKD2, D3
10.1uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL1
10.22uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL2
10.47uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL3
11.0uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL4
1100pCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D4.3mm_W1.9mm_P5.00mmC4
1100uCapacitor_SMD:CP_Elec_6.3x5.8C27
1100uCapacitor_SMD:C_1210_3225Metric_Pad1.42x2.65mm_HandSolderL7
110pCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D4.3mm_W1.9mm_P5.00mmC1
112-15VConnector_BarrelJack:BarrelJack_Wuerth_6941xx301002J4
12 x 1:10 TDM3MAT:Transformer_Current-Sense_BinocularT1
12.2uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL5
1220pCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D4.3mm_W1.9mm_P5.00mmC5
122pCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D4.3mm_W1.9mm_P5.00mmC2
14.7uDM3MAT:L_Toroid_Vertical_L10.0mm_W5.0mm_P5.08mm_DiagonalL6
147pCapacitor_THT:C_Disc_D4.3mm_W1.9mm_P5.00mmC3
1<1.5LED_THT:LED_D3.0mm_Horizontal_O1.27mm_Z2.0mmD20
1<2.0LED_THT:LED_D3.0mm_Horizontal_O1.27mm_Z2.0mmD19
1<2.5LED_THT:LED_D3.0mm_Horizontal_O1.27mm_Z2.0mmD18
1>2.5LED_THT:LED_D3.0mm_Horizontal_O1.27mm_Z2.0mmD17
1ACTLED_THT:LED_D3.0mm_Horizontal_O1.27mm_Z2.0mmD21
1ATmega328-AUPackage_QFP:TQFP-32_7x7mm_P0.8mmU2
1AVR-ISP-6Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_2x03_P2.54mm_VerticalJ5
1INConnector_Coaxial:BNC_Amphenol_B6252HB-NPP3G-50_HorizontalJ1
1MCP1703A-5002Package_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-89-3U1
1OUTConnector_Coaxial:BNC_Amphenol_B6252HB-NPP3G-50_HorizontalJ2
1RSTButton_Switch_THT:SW_Tactile_SPST_Angled_PTS645Vx83-2LFSSW2
1TUNEButton_Switch_THT:SW_Tactile_SPST_Angled_PTS645Vx83-2LFSSW1

Questions

How big is the ATU PCB?

It measures 100 × 100 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the ATU use?

127 parts, built around the ATMEGA328-AU, MCP1703A-5002E/CB, 1N4148W and MMBT3904. 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 ATU KiCad files?

From the hmatuschek/ATU repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is hardware/ATU.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the ATU design in my own project?

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

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