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2 layers48.4 × 106.3 mmAchordion, the printed circuit board in 3D

Chord-crafting quantizing wavetable oscillator.

Size
48.4 × 106.3 mm
Copper layers
2
Thickness
1.6 mm
Parts
55
Nets
64
Pads
184
Tracks, vias
433, 31
Pours
1
Routed
Yes
KiCad
KiCad 9.0 (file 20241229)
Created
27 Mar 2021
Updated
28 Oct 2026

Overview

Achordion is an open-source printed circuit board by zlosynth, from the zlosynth/achordion repository on GitHub, published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence. It is a 2-layer board of 48.4 × 106.3 mm with 55 parts on 64 nets, routed with 433 tracks and 31 vias.

It is built around the TL072, B10K and BAT54S. Its parts include 21 resistors, 11 diodes, 8 connectors, 6 capacitors and 2 ICs. It belongs with the audio and music boards and the STM32 boards of this library.

Main components

3

README

README.md

Achordion

Chord-crafting quantizing wavetable oscillator module for Eurorack.

Panel illustration

  • Wavetable synthesis, 37 wavetables, smooth transitions
  • Up to 18 simultaneous voices
  • Sub-octaves, duplicated tones, and chords
  • 4 styles of playing - single tone, chords, arpeggios, intervals
  • Quantization to selected scale
  • Any scale can be played with the white piano keys
  • Two lines with independent 1V/oct inputs and audio outputs
  • LEDs visualizing dialed parameters
  • Based around Electro-Smith's Daisy Patch SM platform
  • Programmed in Rust

Find more details about the module, including a feature overview video and a user manual, on its website.

Firmware

If you wish to upgrade to a newer version of firmware, refer to the respective Release description.

Development

See DEVELOPMENT.md to find some basic commands to interact with the project. To learn more, read the code. A good place to start would be eurorack/src/main.rs.

License

Software of Achordion is distributed under the terms of the General Public License version 3. See LICENSE-SOFTWARE for details.

Schematics and PCB layout are distributed under the terms of Creative Commons BY-SA. See LICENSE-HARDWARE for details. Parts of the schematics are based on Emilie Gillet's Mutable Instruments, kudos to her for making them open.

The manual is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons BY-SA too. See LICENSE-MANUAL for details.

Changelog

Read the CHANGELOG.md to learn about changes introduced in each release.

Versioning

See VERSIONING.md to find detailed information about versioning of the project and compatability between its software and hardware.

Parts

55
QtyValueFootprintReferences
101kResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.20x1.40mm_HandSolderR1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R20, R21
8LEDLED_THT:LED_D3.0mmD1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8
7JackConnector_Audio:Jack_3.5mm_QingPu_WQP-PJ398SM_Vertical_CircularHolesJ1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, J7
647kResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.20x1.40mm_HandSolderR14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19
510kResistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.20x1.40mm_HandSolderR9, R10, R11, R12, R13
4B10kBetterFootprints:Potentiometer_AlphaRV1, RV2, RV3, RV4
2100nCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.18x1.45mm_HandSolderC5, C6
210uCapacitor_SMD:CP_Elec_5x5.8C3, C4
218pCapacitor_SMD:C_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.18x1.45mm_HandSolderC1, C2
2FBInductor_SMD:L_0805_2012Metric_Pad1.05x1.20mm_HandSolderFB1, FB2
2SchottkyDiode_SMD:D_SOD-123D10, D11
1BAT54SPackage_TO_SOT_SMD:SOT-23_HandsolderingD9
1ButtonButton_Switch_THT:SW_PUSH_6mmSW1
1Daisy_Patch_SMCustom:Daisy_Patch_SMU1
1PowerBetterFootprints:Power_Connector_ConnflyJ8
1TL072Package_SO:SOIC-8_3.9x4.9mm_P1.27mmU2

Questions

How big is the Achordion PCB?

It measures 48.4 × 106.3 mm and has 2 copper layers, 1.6 mm thick.

What parts does the Achordion use?

55 parts, built around the TL072, B10K and BAT54S. 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 Achordion KiCad files?

From the zlosynth/achordion repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is hardware/Achordion.kicad_pcb and its schematic hardware/Achordion.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.

Can I use the Achordion design in my own project?

Its repository publishes it under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 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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