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2 layers50 × 50 mmClock, the printed circuit board in 3D

A Modular PCB based 8-Bit CPU study

Size
50 × 50 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
26
Nets
17
Pads
96
Tracks, vias
89, 8
Pours
2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 5 (file 20171130)
Created
8 Aug 2018
Updated
13 Dec 2018

Overview

Clock is an open-source printed circuit board by mcdonnelldean, from the mcdonnelldean/cee-pee-yu repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 2-layer board of 50 × 50 mm with 26 parts on 17 nets, routed with 89 tracks and 8 vias.

It is built around the 74LS04PC and 74LS32SC. Its parts include 6 capacitors, 5 connectors, 4 resistors, 4 ICs and 2 diodes. It belongs with the retro computing and games and lEDs and displays boards of this library.

Main components

2

README

README.md

Cee Pee Yu

Cee Pee Yu is a Modular PCB based 8-Bit CPU Study. It follows Ben Eater's, Build an 8-Bit Computer, reference design as it's basis.

The primary differentiation is the fact that Cee Pee Yu is not built on a series of bread boards, rather, it is composed of a number of custom designed PCB boards. Besides this, there are minor additions and changes to make the project more compatible with PCB Format.

Go to the site: cee-pee-yu.mcddv.me

Parts

26
QtyValueFootprintReferences
40.1uFCapacitors_THT:C_Disc_D5.0mm_W2.5mm_P5.00mmC1, C2, C3, C6
21KResistors_THT:R_Axial_DIN0207_L6.3mm_D2.5mm_P7.62mm_HorizontalR3, R4
2330Resistors_THT:R_Axial_DIN0207_L6.3mm_D2.5mm_P7.62mm_HorizontalR1, R2
2LEDLEDs:LED_D5.0mmD1, D2
10.01uFCapacitors_THT:C_Disc_D5.0mm_W2.5mm_P5.00mmC4
110uFCapacitors_THT:CP_Radial_D5.0mm_P2.50mmC5
15v INSocket_Strips:Socket_Strip_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJ3
174LS04Housings_DIP:DIP-14_W7.62mm_SocketU1
174LS08Housings_DIP:DIP-14_W7.62mm_SocketU2
174LS32Housings_DIP:DIP-14_W7.62mm_SocketU3
1CLK OUTSocket_Strips:Socket_Strip_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJ2
1HLT INSocket_Strips:Socket_Strip_Straight_1x02_Pitch2.54mmJ1
1LM555Housings_DIP:DIP-8_W7.62mm_SocketU4
1OSC ASocket_Strips:Socket_Strip_Straight_1x03_Pitch2.54mmJ4
1OSC BSocket_Strips:Socket_Strip_Straight_1x03_Pitch2.54mmJ5
1SEL SWCustom_Parts:SW_DPDT_L7mm_P2mmSW1

The 22 most common of 26 parts.

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Questions

How big is the Clock PCB?

It measures 50 × 50 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Clock use?

26 parts, built around the 74LS04PC and 74LS32SC. 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 Clock KiCad files?

From the mcdonnelldean/cee-pee-yu repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is kicad/clock/clock.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Clock design in my own project?

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