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Picalor pcb

ul-gh/Picalor3

Picalor - Multi-Channel Heat Balance Calorimetry on the Raspberry Pi

Size
65 × 56 mm
Copper layers
4
Thickness
4.69 mm
Parts
117
Nets
104
Pads
380
Tracks, vias
653, 100
Pours
53
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 6 (file 20211014)
Created
16 Aug 2017
Updated
4 Jan 2023

Overview

Picalor pcb is an open-source printed circuit board by ul-gh, from the ul-gh/Picalor repository on GitHub, published under the GPL-3.0 licence. It is a 4-layer board of 65 × 56 mm with 117 parts on 104 nets, routed with 653 tracks and 100 vias.

It is built around the ADS1256IDB, LM358 and LM336BM-2.5, with the AST2130302, AST2130402 and BLM21AG102SN1 among its other parts. Its parts include 59 resistors, 35 capacitors, 11 connectors, 4 ICs and 2 inductors.

Main components

6

README

README.md

Picalor

Multi-Channel Heat Balance Calorimetry on the Raspberry Pi

--> Incomplete - work-in-progress! <--

Thermal power (or heat flow) measurement of one segmented or multiple individual liquid-cooled or liquid-heated systems under the assumption that the enthalpy difference of the fluid entering and exiting each system per unit of time is equal to the energy dissipated or released by the system.

Quasi-isothermal condition can be achieved by using a sufficiently high flow rate. Accurate heat flow measurements under these conditions require very sensitive and robust differential temperature sensing.

This is implemented by the Picalor hardware using platinum resistive temperature sensors in a deflection-type bridge configuration connected to a multi-channel, high-precision delta-sigma ADC system.

When performing the measurement with fluid temperatures set nearly at environmental temperature level, convection and radiation heat loss can be made negligible e.g. for power loss measurements in electronics.

For applications in chemistry, the multi-channel hardware can be useful for Constant Flux Calorimetry or segmented Continuous Reaction Calorimters.

Supported hardware:

  • Picalor OSHW Raspberry Pi add-on circuit board featuring:
    • 16-channel analog frontend for Pt 1000 sensors
    • 4x pulse-timing flow sensor inputs
    • 2x ADS1256 24-Bit 8-ch ADC
  • Waveshare "High Precision AD/DA board"

Hardware:

Picalor PCB Photo

Software Documentation (Generated):

Parts

117
QtyValueFootprintReferences
2010kResistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR1, R4, R10, R12, R14, R16, R18, R21, R23, R25, R27, R29, R31, R33, R42, R43 +4
181k1Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR2, R3, R5, R11, R13, R15, R17, R19, R20, R22, R24, R26, R28, R30, R32, R34 +2
181uCapacitor_SMD:C_1206_3216MetricC1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C29, C30 +2
9100Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR36, R37, R38, R39, R40, R44, R45, R46, R47
6100nCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC18, C20, C21, C22, C24, C25
6AST21303lib_ul_mech:TerminalBlock_MetzConnect_AST21303J2, J4, J6, J8, J10, J11
52k2Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR41, R49, R53, R55, R58
410nCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC32, C33, C34, C35
4220Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR54, R56, R57, R59
4AST21304lib_ul_mech:TerminalBlock_MetzConnect_AST21304J1, J3, J5, J7
4MountingHole_2.7mm_M2.5MountingHole:MountingHole_2.7mm_M2.5M1, M2, M3, M4
310Resistor_SMD:R_0603_1608MetricR35, R48, R51
3T491D 47UCapacitor_Tantalum_SMD:CP_EIA-7343-31_Kemet-DC17, C28, C31
2100pCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC19, C23
247pCapacitor_SMD:C_0603_1608MetricC26, C27
2ADS1256IDBPackage_SO:SSOP-28_5.3x10.2mm_P0.65mmU1, U2
2BLM21AG102Inductor_SMD:L_0805_2012MetricL1, L2
17.68MCrystal:Crystal_HC49-4H_VerticalY1
1LM336BM-2.5Package_SO:SO-8_3.9x4.9mm_P1.27mmU4
1LM358Package_SO:SO-8_3.9x4.9mm_P1.27mmU3
1NetTie_2NetTie:NetTie-2_SMD_Pad0.5mmNT3
1Raspberry_Pi_2_3Connector_PinSocket_2.54mm:PinSocket_2x20_P2.54mm_VerticalJ9

Questions

How big is the Picalor pcb PCB?

It measures 65 × 56 mm and has 4 copper layers, 4.69 mm thick.

What parts does the Picalor pcb use?

117 parts, built around the ADS1256IDB, LM358, LM336BM-2.5 and AST2130302. 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 Picalor pcb KiCad files?

From the ul-gh/Picalor repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is picalor_hardware/circuit_schematics_pcb/picalor_pcb.kicad_pcb and its schematic picalor_hardware/circuit_schematics_pcb/ADC.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Picalor pcb 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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