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2 layers99.1 × 99.1 mmMessplatine, the printed circuit board in 3D

Tutorial for educators and examples of educational physics experiments

Size
99.1 × 99.1 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
51
Nets
96
Pads
246
Tracks, vias
347, 147
Pours
1
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 9.0 (file 20241229)
Created
3 Dec 2021
Updated
31 Aug 2026

Overview

Messplatine is an open-source printed circuit board by PhyPiDAQ, from the PhyPiDAQ/EducatorsGuide repository on GitHub, published under the BSD-2-Clause licence. It is a 2-layer board of 99.1 × 99.1 mm with 51 parts on 96 nets, routed with 347 tracks and 147 vias.

It is built around the TMA 0505D, MCP6042-I/P and CA3140, with the INA219AID, ADS1115 and ULN2003 among its other parts. Its parts include 12 resistors, 11 ICs, 10 capacitors, 8 diodes and 4 connectors.

Main components

6

README

README.md

PhyPiDAQ Educators' Guide README

Full Educators Tutorial in English

Ausführliche Anleitung in deutscher Sprache

Summary

The PhyPiDAQ project aims to provide students access to state-of-the-art measurement technology and data acquisition tools. As it is based on standardized protocols and hardware, it can not only be cheaper to set up than similar offers but also gives a great educational introduction in methods of modern science. Additionally, the measuring technology can be run off a power bank, making it portable and allowing great experiments in nature. This project targets students from middle school up to undergraduates at the university level with great matching educational concepts.

This is the general tutorial aming at educators. If you are looking for hardware guides, build instructions or software details, please check out our other repositories.

Currently available Documentation

Übersicht in Deutscher Sprache

Das PhyPiDAQ-Projekt zielt darauf ab, Studierenden und SchülerInnen Zugang zu modernster Messtechnik und Datenerfassung zu geben. Da es auf offenen, standardisierten Protokollen und leicht verfügbarer Hardware basiert, kann es nicht nur kostengünstig eingerichtet werden, sondern bietet auch eine hervorragende pädagogische Einführung in die Messmethoden der modernen Wissenschaft. Die Messtechnik kann mit einer Powerbank betrieben werden, was sie tragbar macht und Experimente auch in freier Natur ermöglicht. PhyPiDAQ richtet sich an SchülerInnen von der Mittelstufe bis hin zu Studierenden auf Universitätsebene.

Diese allgemeine Anleitung richtet sich an Lehrkräfte. Wenn Sie nach Hardware-Beschreibungen, Bauanleitungen oder einer detaillierten Beschreibung der Software suchen, schauen Sie sich bitte unsere anderen Repositories an.

Derzeit verfügbare Dokumentation

Contributing

For information on how to contribute to this project, please refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT BSD 2-Clause License. For more information refer to the LICENSE file.

Parts

51
QtyValueFootprintReferences
8DIODE_smallLibraryPhyPiDAQ:DiodeD1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8
6100nLibraryPhyPiDAQ:kerkoC1, C2, C7, C8, C9, C11
610kLibraryPhyPiDAQ:ResistorR4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9
4MountingHoleMountingHole:MountingHole_3.2mm_M3H1, H2, H3, H4
310µLibraryPhyPiDAQ:elkoC5, C6, C10
2100kLibraryPhyPiDAQ:PotiR3, RV1
21MLibraryPhyPiDAQ:ResistorR1, R2
2Conn_01x20_SocketConnector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_1x20_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1, J14
2J_2_OpenConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x02_P2.54mm_VerticalJP1, JP2
2MCP6042LibraryPhyPiDAQ:MCP6042U1, U7
1100LibraryPhyPiDAQ:ResistorR10
1200LibraryPhyPiDAQ:ResistorR11
147µLibraryPhyPiDAQ:elkoC3
1AD623LibraryPhyPiDAQ:AD623U5
1ADS1115LibraryPhyPiDAQ:ADS1115U8
1CA3140LibraryPhyPiDAQ:CA3140U4
1Conn_02x20_Odd_EvenLibraryPhyPiDAQ:40pinJ26
1Elektrometer_InConnector_PinHeader_2.54mm:PinHeader_1x01_P2.54mm_VerticalJ2
1INA219LibraryPhyPiDAQ:INA219U6
1KY-051LibraryPhyPiDAQ:KY-051U10
1MCP4725LibraryPhyPiDAQ:MCP4725U9
1PowersupplyLibraryPhyPiDAQ:powersupplyU31
1TMA0505DLibraryPhyPiDAQ:TMA0505DU3
1ULN2003LibraryPhyPiDAQ:ULN2003U11

Questions

How big is the Messplatine PCB?

It measures 99.1 × 99.1 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Messplatine use?

51 parts, built around the TMA 0505D, MCP6042-I/P, CA3140 and INA219AID. 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 Messplatine KiCad files?

From the PhyPiDAQ/EducatorsGuide repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is Verstaerkerplatine/Messplatine/Messplatine.kicad_pcb and its schematic Verstaerkerplatine/Frontplatine/Frontplatine.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Messplatine design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the BSD-2-Clause 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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