

Aquarium control
A Raspberry Pi based system for controlling the lights and monitoring temperature in my Aquarium with a Raspberry Pi
- Size
- 16 × 57 mm
- Copper layers
- 2
- Thickness
- 1.6 mm
- Parts
- 9
- Nets
- 43
- Pads
- 80
- Tracks, vias
- 71, 6
- Routed
- Yes
- KiCad
- KiCad 9.0 (file 20241229)
- Created
- 7 Oct 2014
- Updated
- 13 Sep 2026
Overview
Aquarium control is an open-source printed circuit board by nebrius, from the nebrius/aquarium-control repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 16 × 57 mm with 9 parts on 43 nets, routed with 71 tracks and 6 vias.
Its parts include 4 ICs, 3 connectors and 2 resistors.
Parts
9| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10118194-MICRO-USB | Library:10118194-MICRO-USB | U1, U2 |
| 2 | 68 | Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.20x1.40mm_HandSolder | R1, R2 |
| 2 | SN74LVC1T45DBVRDBV6-M | Library:DBV6-M | U3, U4 |
| 1 | CONN_04SCREW | Library:SCREWTERMINAL-3.5MM-4 | J2 |
| 1 | Conn_01x02_Pin | Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x02_P2.54mm_Vertical | J1 |
| 1 | Raspberry_Pi_2_3 | Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_2x20_P2.54mm_Vertical | J3 |
Questions
How big is the Aquarium control PCB?
It measures 16 × 57 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.
What parts does the Aquarium control use?
9 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 Aquarium control KiCad files?
From the nebrius/aquarium-control repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is board/Aquarium Control.kicad_pcb and its schematic board/Aquarium Control.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
Can I use the Aquarium control 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).
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