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2 layers25.6 × 23 mmBreakout, the printed circuit board in 3D

A very small and basic ESP8266 breakout board

Size
25.6 × 23 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
12
Nets
17
Pads
59
Tracks, vias
118, 2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 4
Created
30 Dec 2015
Updated
20 Sep 2018

Overview

Breakout is an open-source printed circuit board by skorokithakis, from the skorokithakis/tiny-ESP8266-breakout repository on GitHub, published under the BSD-2-Clause licence. It is a 2-layer board of 25.6 × 23 mm with 12 parts on 17 nets, routed with 118 tracks and 2 vias.

It is built around the ESP-12E and SPX3819M5-L-3-3. Its parts include 5 resistors, 2 capacitors, 2 ICs and 2 connectors. It belongs with the interfaces and adapters and microcontroller boards boards and the ESP8266 boards of this library.

Main components

2

README

README.md

Tiny ESP8266 Breakout Board

This is a tiny ESP8266 breakout board. I made it because the small breakouts I bought took up the entire breadboard and didn't include basic pullup/pulldown resistors.

Tinier PCB

This repository includes a branch with an even tinier version that is smaller than an ESP8266 12E. It's the size of the 12E minus the antenna, and it includes the voltage regulator and all the capacitors and resistors the ESP8266 needs to boot, but it doesn't include through-hole connectors (so you will have to solder wires directly onto the ESP8266 contacts).

It's for when you really really need as much space as you can. Fabricate it at 0.4mm thickness and enjoy.

Ready-made PCB

If you just want to buy the PCB directly, here's a paneled v1.4 version from Dirty PCBs, which includes 40 breakouts for $14. Note that the boards come without components, and you'll have to solder them yourself. You'll need:

If any of the links above aren't working, just search your favorite site for the components or visit your local electronics shop, they should have all of these.

You can use these ESP8266 versions with this PCB:

  • ESP-07
  • ESP-12
  • ESP-12E
  • ESP-12Q
  • ESP-12F
  • ESP-14

License

Use the board however you want, it's under the BSD license, here's what it looks like:

Front Back Schematic

The files are standard KiCad files, go nuts.

Stavros

Parts

12
QtyValueFootprintReferences
510KΩResistors_SMD:R_0805_HandSolderingR1, R2, R3, R4, R6
210uFCapacitors_SMD:C_0805_HandSolderingC1, C2
2CONN_01X09Pin_Headers:Pin_Header_Straight_1x09P1, P2
1ESP-12EESP8266:ESP-12EU1
1LOGOStochastic:Logo_10mmG***
1SPX3819M5-L-3-3TO_SOT_Packages_SMD:SOT-23-5U2

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Questions

How big is the Breakout PCB?

It measures 25.6 × 23 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Breakout use?

12 parts, built around the ESP-12E and SPX3819M5-L-3-3. 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 Breakout KiCad files?

From the skorokithakis/tiny-ESP8266-breakout repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is breakout.kicad_pcb. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Breakout 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).