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4 layers150 × 150 mmSonar, the printed circuit board in 3D

Project used as a teaching aid for the UCT FPGA course

Size
150 × 150 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
353
Nets
405
Pads
1,506
Tracks, vias
1,037, 270
Pours
17
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 10.0 (file 20260206)
Created
21 Feb 2026
Updated
27 Jul 2026

Overview

Sonar is an open-source printed circuit board by jpt13653903, from the jpt13653903/Sonar repository on GitHub, published under the CERN-OHL-P-2.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 150 × 150 mm with 353 parts on 405 nets, routed with 1,037 tracks and 270 vias.

It is built around the AD8534ARZ-REEL, MAX11059ECB+ and TPA6211A1DRBR, with the CMEJ-0415-42-P, CRGP0603F100K and 06035C104KAT2A among its other parts. Its parts include 118 resistors, 74 capacitors, 64 switches, 7 ICs and 4 fuses. It belongs with the fPGA and programmable logic boards of this library.

Main components

12

README

Readme.md

Sonar

Project used as a teaching aid for the UCT FPGA course.

Overview

This DE10-Lite daughter card features transmitter and receiver array for a 10 kHz sonar system.

Block Diagram

Flexible Grid

The design features a 64-element grid of microphone sites and a connection matrix that supports 16 output channels. The user can populate up to 16 microphones and then use the matrix to route them to the receiver channels.

Parts

353
QtyValueFootprintReferences
64CMEJ-0415-42-PSamacSys_Parts:CMEJ041542PMK1, MK2, MK10, MK11, MK12, MK13, MK14, MK15, MK16, MK17, MK18, MK19, MK20, MK21, MK22, MK23 +48
64CrossBarSonar:CrossBar_2x2SW1, SW2, SW10, SW11, SW12, SW13, SW14, SW15, SW16, SW17, SW18, SW19, SW20, SW21, SW22, SW23 +48
48R0603_100kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR24, R26, R28, R30, R32, R34, R36, R38, R103, R104, R105, R106, R111, R112, R113, R114 +32
40C0603_100nCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC10, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, C34, C35 +24
19R0603_1k0Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR1, R2, R4, R91, R92, R100, R101, R102, R107, R108, R109, R110, R115, R116, R117, R118 +3
17C0603_1u0Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC39, C40, C41, C42, C43, C44, C45, C46, C47, C48, C49, C50, C51, C52, C53, C54 +1
17R0603_3k6Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR22, R31, R33, R35, R37, R47, R49, R51, R53, R63, R65, R67, R69, R79, R81, R83 +1
16R0603_10RResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21
16R0603_5k6Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR23, R25, R27, R29, R39, R41, R43, R45, R55, R57, R59, R61, R71, R73, R75, R77
10C1206_22uCapacitor_SMD:C_1206_3216MetricC11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C26
7Keystone_5014_YellowTestPoint:TestPoint_Keystone_5010-5014_MultipurposeTP5, TP6, TP7, TP8, TP9, TP10, TP11
6MountingHoleMountingHole:MountingHole_3.5mm_Pad_ViaH1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6
4AD8534ARZ-REELSamacSys_Parts:SOIC127P600X175-14NU4, U5, U6, U7
4~Fiducial:Fiducial_1mm_Mask3mmF1, F2, F3, F4
3C0603_220nCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC4, C5, C8
3Keystone_5011_BlackTestPoint:TestPoint_Keystone_5010-5014_MultipurposeTP1, TP2, TP3
2C0603_100pCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC1, C3
2C0603_2n2Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC2, C6
2MAX11059Package_QFP:Texas_TQFP-64-1EP_10x10mm_P0.5mm_EP8x8mm_Mask5x5mmU2, U3
2R0603_12kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR3, R5
1AS03208MS-3-RSamacSys_Parts:AS03208MS-3-RLS1
1DIN-20Connector_IDC:IDC-Header_2x10_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2
1DIN-40-FemaleConnector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_2x20_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1
1Keystone_5010_RedTestPoint:TestPoint_Keystone_5010-5014_MultipurposeTP4
1RRSGLogos:RRSGH7
1RadarMastersLogos:RadarMastersH8
1TPA6211A1DRBRSamacSys_Parts:TPS73719QDRBRQ1U1

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Questions

How big is the Sonar PCB?

It measures 150 × 150 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Sonar use?

353 parts, built around the AD8534ARZ-REEL, MAX11059ECB+, TPA6211A1DRBR and CMEJ-0415-42-P. 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 Sonar KiCad files?

From the jpt13653903/Sonar repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is KiCAD/Sonar.kicad_pcb and its schematic KiCAD/ADC.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Sonar design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the CERN-OHL-P-2.0 licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).