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2 layers80 × 58.4 mmTrifle, the printed circuit board in 3D

DIY quadcopter flight controller board.

Size
80 × 58.4 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
16
Nets
19
Pads
83
Tracks, vias
64, 11
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 3
Created
28 Feb 2015
Updated
28 Feb 2015

Overview

Trifle is an open-source printed circuit board by project-condor, from the project-condor/trifle repository on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board of 80 × 58.4 mm with 16 parts on 19 nets, routed with 64 tracks and 11 vias.

Its parts include 6 switches, 5 connectors, 2 resistors, 2 ICs and 1 capacitor. It belongs with the robots and motor control boards and the NXP (LPC, Kinetis, i.MX RT) boards of this library.

README

README.md

Trifle Flight Control Unit

Trifle is a flight controller board for quadcopters. As the name implies, the board itself does very little except breakout a microcontroller board and contain an intertial measurement unit.

Active components

The main active components contained on the board are:

Specification

The provided layout is such that the board can be hand-assembled on a perf-board. Ports include:

  • 1 power connector (5V)
  • 1 voltage measurement port (12.6V max, i.e. LiPo battery 3S)
  • 4 main PWM outputs, used to control motor speed
  • 2 auxiliary PWM outputs
  • 2 UARTs, for telemetry and GPS (telemetry is also used as radio control)
  • 1 ultrasonic distance sensor interface (using echo and trigger pins)

Software

Currently work-in-progress, the goal is to provide support for the PX4 autopilot firmware.

License

Design files are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Parts

16
QtyValueFootprintReferences
1100kR1R1
1220uFCTOPC1
133kR1R2
15VinPIN_ARRAY_2X1P1
1ADAFRUIT-10DOFadafruit-10dofU2
1AUX0PIN_ARRAY_3X1K1
1AUX1PIN_ARRAY_3X1K2
1BATTPIN_ARRAY_2X1P5
1DISTPIN_ARRAY_4x1P4
1GPSPIN_ARRAY_4x1P3
1M0PIN_ARRAY_3X1K3
1M1PIN_ARRAY_3X1K4
1M2PIN_ARRAY_3X1K5
1M3PIN_ARRAY_3X1K6
1TEENSY-3.1teensy-3.1U1
1TELEPIN_ARRAY_4x1P2

Questions

How big is the Trifle PCB?

It measures 80 × 58.4 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Trifle use?

16 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 Trifle KiCad files?

From the project-condor/trifle repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is kicad/trifle/trifle.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Trifle design in my own project?

Its repository states no licence, so its author keeps all rights: ask project-condor before reusing the design.

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