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2 layers99.7 × 35.6 mmDiffAmp, the printed circuit board in 3D

Differential Amplifier circuit for use in current sensing applications. The circuit is designed to be used in conjunction with an oscilloscope.

Size
99.7 × 35.6 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
274
Nets
62
Pads
448
Tracks, vias
725, 22
Pours
4
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 4
Created
17 Mar 2018
Updated
3 Jun 2018

Overview

DiffAmp is an open-source printed circuit board by krebsd, from the krebsd/current-diffamp repository on GitHub, published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 99.7 × 35.6 mm with 274 parts on 62 nets, routed with 725 tracks and 22 vias.

It is built around the OPA189ID, AD8421ARZ and CMPD6001S, with the PFRA.050.2 and Y14870R10000B9W among its other parts. Its parts include 43 resistors, 39 capacitors, 7 ICs, 5 connectors and 4 diodes.

Main components

5

README

README.md

Differential current sense Amplifier - current-diffamp

Differential Amplifier circuit for use in current sensing applications. The circuit is designed to be used in conjunction with an oscilloscope.

PREFACE

This project and especially its documentation including this README is still in a very early state of development. This document will be updated with further information in the future.

EDA

  • KiCad - KiCad EDA is used for the PCB design

Authors

  • David Krebs - Initial work - krebsd

License

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

Parts

274
QtyValueFootprintReferences
163DiffAmp:VIA-0.6mm, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , +147
12CCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C23, C24, C25, C29, C34, C39
11100nCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C2, C14, C26, C27, C28, C31, C32, C33, C36, C37, C38
8249Resistors_SMD:R_0805R19, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24, R25, R26
510nCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C7, C8, C9, C10, C13
40Resistors_SMD:R_0805R5, R29, R34, R40
410kResistors_SMD:R_0805R2, R3, R7, R8
410uCapacitors_SMD:C_1210C5, C6, C11, C12
43M9Resistors_SMD:R_0805R11, R12, R13, R14
4CMPD6001STO_SOT_Packages_SMD:SOT-23D1, D2, D3, D4
4Jumper_NC_DualPin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x03_Pitch2.54mmJP1, JP3, JP6, JP7
347Resistors_SMD:R_2512R30, R36, R42
3Conn_01x02Pin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJ3, J4, J5
3JumperPin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJP2, JP4, JP5
3OPA189Housings_SOIC:SOIC-8_3.9x4.9mm_Pitch1.27mmU4, U6, U7
3RResistors_SMD:R_0805R31, R37, R43
2100uCapacitors_THT:CP_Radial_D8.0mm_P3.50mmC3, C4
210pCapacitors_SMD:C_0805C30, C35
2130kResistors_SMD:R_0805R1, R4
21M0Resistors_SMD:R_0805R17, R18
21M2Resistors_SMD:R_0805R15, R16
21kResistors_SMD:R_0805R6, R28
21k0Resistors_SMD:R_0805R32, R38
22k2Resistors_SMD:R_0805R35, R41
26k8Resistors_SMD:R_0805R33, R39
2C_VariableCapacitors_SMD:C_Trimmer_Murata_TZC3C21, C22
1100Resistors_SMD:R_0805R27
110uCapacitors_THT:CP_Radial_D5.0mm_P2.00mmC1
122Resistors_SMD:R_0805R9
1AD8421Housings_SOIC:SOIC-8_3.9x4.9mm_Pitch1.27mmU5
1Jumper_NOPin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJP8
1PFRA050DiffAmp:R_Axial_DIN0204_L3.6mm_D1.6mm_P5.08mm_HorizontalF1
1SF_IHXXXXSConverters_DCDC_ACDC:DCDC-Conv_TRACO_TMR_1-xxxx_DualU1
1Screw_Terminal_1x03Connectors_Terminal_Blocks:TerminalBlock_bornier-3_P5.08mmJ2
1TPS7A30Housings_SSOP:MSOP-8-1EP_3x3mm_Pitch0.65mmU3
1TPS7A49Housings_SSOP:MSOP-8-1EP_3x3mm_Pitch0.65mmU2
1USB_OTGDiffAmp:MIC_USB_BBUJ1
1Y14870R10000B9WDiffAmp:CSM2512R10

The 270 most common of 274 parts.

Questions

How big is the DiffAmp PCB?

It measures 99.7 × 35.6 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the DiffAmp use?

274 parts, built around the OPA189ID, AD8421ARZ, CMPD6001S and PFRA.050.2. 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 DiffAmp KiCad files?

From the krebsd/current-diffamp repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is DiffAmp.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the DiffAmp 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).

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