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Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port

BrettHallen·Commodore_VIC20·Serial_Breakout/Serial_Breakout.kicad_pcb

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port layout, top view — open source board by BrettHallen
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About the Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port is an open source PCB design by BrettHallen, published on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board measuring 56.4 × 23.8 mm, with 3 components from 3 distinct parts.

It belongs with the retro computing and dev boards & breakouts designs in this gallery.

From the project

Hardware & information for the VIC-20

The first step is to create this breakout board to isolate the A/V signals from the video output stage on the VIC's motherboard.

I hope that it will allow me to see what signals the 6560 outputs natively, then start to build on that.

BTW, yes I know there are boards out there that already do this. I've not had much luck with the free or paid-for boards, so I want to ... TRY TO ... understand it myself. Let's see ...

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port, from the project README
From the project README

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port bill of materials (BOM)

3 components, 3 distinct parts — part numbers from the project's BOM.

QtyPartRefs
1
671-0601
VIC Serial In
J1
1
671-0601
Disc Serial Out
J2
1
Breakout
J3

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port design files

The KiCad project lives in the BrettHallen/Commodore_VIC20 repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port: common questions

How big is the Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port?

The Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port measures 56.4 × 23.8 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port?

3 components, from 3 distinct parts, with part numbers taken from the project's own BOM. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port design files?

From the BrettHallen/Commodore_VIC20 repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout, the schematic and the BOM; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Breakout Board for Commodore Serial Port design in my own project?

The repository has no license, so all rights stay with BrettHallen. Use it as a reference, and ask the author before reusing the design.

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