4 layers18 × 12 mm
Display matrix
meadiode/EMES
Epic Minimalist Entertainment System - DIY handheld handheld game console
152 parts8GPL-3.0
4 layers25.4 × 23.4 mm
Base board
meadiode/EMES8Epic Minimalist Entertainment System - DIY handheld handheld game console
- Size
- 25.4 × 23.4 mm
- Copper layers
- 4
- Thickness
- 1.6 mm
- Parts
- 18
- Nets
- 12
- Pads
- 57
- Tracks, vias
- 121, 28
- Pours
- 2
- Routed
- Yes
- KiCad
- KiCad 7 (file 20221018)
- Created
- 6 Sep 2024
- Updated
- 10 May 2026
Overview
Base board is an open-source printed circuit board by meadiode, from the meadiode/EMES repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 25.4 × 23.4 mm with 18 parts on 12 nets, routed with 121 tracks and 28 vias.
Its parts include 7 resistors, 4 switches, 2 capacitors, 2 connectors and 1 IC. It belongs with the retro computing and games boards and the AVR (ATmega, ATtiny) boards of this library.
README
README.mdEMES - Epic Minimalist Entertainment System
EMES - is a very minimalistic DIY handheld game console.
Work in progress.
EMES has the following specifications:
- Screen: 15x10 pixels, LED
- Input: four button keyboard
- Sound: Magnetic buzzer
- Physical dimensions(approx): 40x32x14mm
- Removeable 8-pin cartridges
The console doesn't have an onboard CPU/MCU, instead an MCU is placed on every removable cartridge.
Each cartridge features an ATTiny10 MCU with the following specs:
- Speed 8MHz
- Peogram/data flash: 1KB
- RAM: 32 bytes
- IO: 4
- ADC: 8bit
Games
- Pong
- Snek - a snake variant, edge wrapping
- Egg - a N1ntend0 Game & Watch-like egg-catching game
- Brik - a Tetris-like
- Simon - Simon Says
Parts
18| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SW_Push | components:TS18_TACTILE_SWITCH | SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4 |
| 3 | 2K2 | Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608Metric | R1, R2, R4 |
| 2 | 8K2 | Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608Metric | R3, R5 |
| 1 | 10n | Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608Metric | C2 |
| 1 | 180R | Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608Metric | R7 |
| 1 | 4K7 | Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608Metric | R6 |
| 1 | 4u7 | Capacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608Metric | C1 |
| 1 | Conn_01x02 | Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x02_P2.54mm_Vertical | J2 |
| 1 | Conn_02x04_Odd_Even | components:card_edge_2x4 | J1 |
| 1 | D | Diode_SMD:D_SOD-123 | D1 |
| 1 | GPD340 | Package_DIP:DIP-8_W7.62mm_Socket | U1 |
| 1 | Speaker | components:BUZZER_CMT-0525 | LS1 |
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Questions
How big is the Base board PCB?
It measures 25.4 × 23.4 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.
What parts does the Base board use?
18 parts. 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 Base board KiCad files?
From the meadiode/EMES repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is kicad/base_board/base_board.kicad_pcb and its schematic kicad/base_board/base_board.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
Can I use the Base board design in my own project?
Its repository publishes it under the GPL-3.0 licence: you may reuse it on that licence's terms (keep the author's notice, and for a copyleft licence share your changes alike).