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4 layers30.5 × 17.8 mmSensor, the printed circuit board in 3D

Sensor HW

Size
30.5 × 17.8 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
44
Nets
50
Pads
165
Tracks, vias
336, 37
Pours
2
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 8.0 (file 20240108)
Created
14 Apr 2025
Updated
30 Apr 2025

Overview

Sensor is an open-source printed circuit board by sugar-sensor, from the sugar-sensor/sensor-schematics repository on GitHub, published under the MIT licence. It is a 4-layer board of 30.5 × 17.8 mm with 44 parts on 50 nets, routed with 336 tracks and 37 vias.

It is built around the MAX86141ENP+T, MAX30002CWV+T and CC0402MRX5R5BB106, with the CC0402KRX5R5BB105, CRCW04020000Z0EDC and CC0402KRX5R5BB104 among its other parts. Its parts include 21 capacitors, 9 resistors, 6 connectors, 5 ICs and 3 diodes. It belongs with the sensors and measurement boards of this library.

Main components

12

README

README.md

Description

Electrical and mechanical schematics for sugar sensor. Includes PCB design and BOM + Gerber files for sensor production Repository has 2 branches: v1 and v2. Both are based on MAX86141 AFE to work with LEDs. The difference between v1 and v2 are the following:

  • v1 uses 3 LEDS (RED, GREEN, BLUE) as light source (non-coherent) while v2 uses 7mW 650nm RED laser (coherent)
  • v1 uses AD5933 BioZ controller while v2 uses MAX30002 BioZ controller
  • in v2 the main board dependency is removed. Main board replaced with external TinyPICO board and add-ons. Sensor board is stackable

Project notes

  1. The main reason to move from v1 to v2 of the sensor board is failed tests on non-coherent light sources. "Failed" means prediction based on these measurements didn't work.
  2. Version 2 deprecates "main" folder with all the schematics for main board (controller). Sensor board is stacked with TiniPICO development board and it is stacked with RGB IPS Display shield from add-ons menu.
  3. Sensor board programming, testing and obtaining the results is done using MAX32630FHTR application platform. Development was done in Mbed Studio

Structure

  • hull for the wearable device
  • lib is custom libraries for KiCad
  • main is a mainboad schematics. Valid only for v1. Not tested and not produced.
  • mech is 3D models for the KiCad component representation on PCB
  • sensor is sensor schematic, board, BOM, gerbers for production. Both versions were tested and produced

Parts

44
QtyValueFootprintReferences
610uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC5, C8, C12, C13, C16, C20
61uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC4, C14, C15, C17, C18, C21
4Probe_01_maleHorace:Probe_01_maleJ3, J4, J5, J6
30Resistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR4, R8, R9
30.1uFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC9, C10, C19
31kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR5, R6, R7
210pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC1, C2
2200Resistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR1, R2
247nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC6, C7
2Conn_01x10_FemaleConnector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_1x10_P2.54mm_VerticalJ1, J2
2VEMD8081Horace:VEMD8081D2, D3
11nFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC11
1324kResistor_SMD:R_0402_1005MetricR3
147pFCapacitor_SMD:C_0402_1005MetricC3
1LP5900TLX-1.8_NOPBHorace:BGA4C50P2X2_105X108X68IC5
1LP5900TLX-2.7_NOPBHorace:BGA4C50P2X2_105X108X68IC2
1MAX30002CWV+Horace:MAX30002CWVIC1
1MAX86141ENP+THorace:BGA20C40P5X4_205X185X50IC3
1RLD65NZX1-00AHorace:RLD85PZJ400AD1
1SIT1532ACHorace:SIT1532ACJ5DCC32768DIC4

Questions

How big is the Sensor PCB?

It measures 30.5 × 17.8 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Sensor use?

44 parts, built around the MAX86141ENP+T, MAX30002CWV+T, CC0402MRX5R5BB106 and CC0402KRX5R5BB105. 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 Sensor KiCad files?

From the sugar-sensor/sensor-schematics repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is sensor/sensor.kicad_pcb and its schematic sensor/sensor.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Sensor design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the MIT 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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