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Column driver

CarlRaymond·AnnaxFlipdotDriver·kicad/column_board/column_driver.kicad_pcb

Column driver PCB layout, top view — open source board by CarlRaymond

About the Column driver PCB

Column driver is an open source PCB design by CarlRaymond, published on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board measuring 100 × 100 mm, with 104 components from 11 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the TPIC6B595 and TBD62783. By type, the board carries 47 diodes, 32 resistors, 12 ICs, 8 capacitors and 5 connectors.

It belongs with the displays & leds designs in this gallery.

From the project

KiCad project for drivers for Annax flip-dot display panels

This is a driver for Annax flipdot display panels, with an Arduino nano or ESP8266 (Wemos D1 Mini) controller.

The controller consists of a row driver PC board, which contains the microcontroller, and a column driver PC board. A span of panels can be any length. One row driver daisy chains to all the panels, and each panel has its own column driver. The row and column driver boards are connected together with a serial interface.

Column driver, from the project README
From the project README

Main components on the Column driver

TPIC6B595TBD62783

Column driver bill of materials (BOM)

104 components, 11 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
8
TPIC6B595
U1, U2, U4, U5, U7, U8, U10, U11
4
TBD62783
U3, U6, U9, U12
1
Panel column connector (female)
J1
1
PWR_CHAIN_IN
J2
1
PWR_CHAIN_OUT
J3
1
DATA_CHAIN_IN
J4
1
DATA_CHAIN_OUT
J5
15
BAV70W
D18, D19, D20, D21, D22, D23, D24, D25 +7
32
BAS16GW
D101, D102, D103, D104, D105, D106, D107, D108 +24
8
.1uF
C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8
32
10K
R101, R102, R103, R104, R105, R106, R107, R108 +24

Column driver design files

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

Column driver: common questions

How big is the Column driver PCB?

The Column driver measures 100 × 100 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Column driver?

104 components, from 11 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Column driver design files?

From the CarlRaymond/AnnaxFlipdotDriver repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Column driver design in my own project?

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

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