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2 layers25.4 × 18 mmA500 IDE LED board, the printed circuit board in 3D

Amiga 500 Floppy LED to also Display IDE Activity

Size
25.4 × 18 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
10
Nets
13
Pads
33
Tracks, vias
46, 2
Pours
2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 5 (file 20171130)
Created
9 Mar 2022
Updated
16 May 2022

Overview

A500 IDE LED board is an open-source printed circuit board by jbilander, from the jbilander/A500_IDE_LED_board repository on GitHub, published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 25.4 × 18 mm with 10 parts on 13 nets, routed with 46 tracks and 2 vias.

It is built around the 74HCT2G14GW and BC857C. Its parts include 4 connectors, 2 resistors, 1 capacitor, 1 IC and 1 transistor.

Main components

2

README

README.md

A500_IDE_LED_board

Amiga 500 Floppy LED to Display IDE Activity too

Connect a fly-lead from IDE pin 39 /Active to J4 if U1 (74HCT2G14) is not populated, otherwise to J3





Connect a fly-lead from IDE pin 39 /Active



Video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ml881xZoqoM8HT1IZ48qTFUnri6tXyhQ/view?usp=sharing


The individual pins in the pin-strip can be moved/pushed flush with the PCB holes before soldering. This is not necessary to do connection wise but it looks kind of nice when the bare pins are about the same length as the keyboard header on the Motherboard:


BOM Rev. A

PositionName/ValuePackageNotes
U174HCT2G14TSOP-6Dual inverting Schmitt trigger
Q1BC857 or similar e.g. 2N3906SOT-23PNP general-purpose transistor
R110k1206Pull-up resistor
R24.7k1206Series resistor
C10.1uF = 100nF0805Decoupling capacitor
J1PinHeader_1x08_P2.54mm_VerticalSingle row 8pinPin 5 is not used and can be removed
J2PinSocket_1x08_P2.54mm_VerticalSingle row 8pin
J3PinHeader_1x01_P2.54mmSingle pin
J4PinHeader_1x01_P2.54mmSingle pin

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Parts

10
QtyValueFootprintReferences
2Conn_01x01Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x01_P2.54mm_HorizontalJ3, J4
10.1uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.15x1.40mm_HandSolderC1
110kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR1
14.7kResistor_SMD:R_1206_3216Metric_Pad1.42x1.75mm_HandSolderR2
174HCT2G14Package_SO:TSOP-6_1.65x3.05mm_P0.95mmU1
1BC857CPackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23Q1
1Conn_01x08Connector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_1x08_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2
1Conn_01x08Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x08_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1

The 9 most common of 10 parts.

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Questions

How big is the A500 IDE LED board PCB?

It measures 25.4 × 18 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the A500 IDE LED board use?

10 parts, built around the 74HCT2G14GW and BC857C. 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 A500 IDE LED board KiCad files?

From the jbilander/A500_IDE_LED_board repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is KiCad/A500_IDE_LED_board.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the A500 IDE LED board design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).