Adafruit Feather

Adafruit Feather KiCad template

A KiCad project template for designing boards around the Adafruit Feather specification. It provides the board outline, mounting holes, 12-pin and 16-pin headers, a Micro-USB connector, and a two-pin JST PH battery connector.

Status

This is a starting layout, with no routed PCB tracks. Add your own controller, power circuitry, and application circuit before fabrication. The checked-in PCB was saved by KiCad 5.1.2; its legacy schematic and project formats are retained. The correctness audit confirms schematic/PCB connector-net agreement and records remaining ERC, DRC, and mounting-hole concerns. It does not establish electrical or manufacturing validation.

Use the template

git clone https://github.com/makeristic/Adafruit_Feather.git

1. Copy the Adafruit_Feather directory, including meta/, into your KiCad user templates directory. The archived KiCad 5.1 template-location documentation describes the directory layout.
2. In KiCad, create a project from a template and select this template under User Templates. Alternatively, open Adafruit_Feather.pro to inspect the source.
3. Install KiCad's standard symbol, footprint, and 3D-model libraries. The source uses standard Connector, Connector_Generic, and power symbols and connector footprints. Retain the supplied -cache.lib when opening the legacy schematic. Models reference ${KISYS3DMOD}; when using a newer release, check that this legacy path variable points to your installed 3D-model directory and resolve any changed model filenames.
4. Work in a copy when opening with a newer KiCad release, which may convert the legacy files. Review the Feather pinout, connector orientation, and power circuitry, then run ERC and DRC on your completed design.

Files

• Adafruit_Feather.sch: legacy schematic with connector pin labels.
• Adafruit_Feather.kicad_pcb: board outline and placed footprints.
• Adafruit_Feather-cache.lib: cached schematic symbols.
• meta/: KiCad template description, icon, and board preview.

No firmware, BOM export, or Gerber fabrication package is included.

Related projects and contributions

Use Adafruit_Feather_USB-C for the USB-C variant. Feather_STM32WB55 is a separate STM32WB55 board design; Makeristic-KiCad-Library contains additional parts.

Report problems through GitHub issues, including your KiCad version and any missing-library messages. For layout changes, include schematic or board screenshots and explain any change to Feather compatibility.

Attribution and licence

Original template copyright © 2019 arturo182, from KiCad/kicad-templates pull request #23. This Makeristic repository preserves that template and its attribution.

The upstream licence at the source revision is Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 with the KiCad library exception. A copy is included in LICENSE.md. The existing template has not been relicensed to MIT; consult the licence for the distinction between using library data in a design and redistributing the template collection.