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dycli·petrock·pcb/bottom.kicad_pcb

Bottom PCB layout, top view — open source board by dycli

About the Bottom PCB

Bottom is an open source PCB design by dycli, published on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board measuring 119.3 × 87.9 mm, with 8 components from 1 distinct parts.

It belongs with the keyboards and iot & wireless designs in this gallery.

From the project

Custom Keyboard

A split 41- or 40-key choc keyboard with a trackpoint in place of an outer thumb key: Petrock-41 has one, at the right thumb; Petrock-40 has one on each half.

Based on holykeebs' Corne Choc PCB and plate from idank/keyboards (corne/choc, commit f149b9b), licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0. This derivative uses the same licence.

The board is built from the stock file with as few changes to its copper as the layout allows: parts move with their tracks, only copper that ends up off the board or in a new clash is cut, and only what is then open is routed (see Build). About 60% of the stock copper stays, in…

Bottom bill of materials (BOM)

8 components, 1 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
8
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H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8

Bottom design files

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

Bottom: common questions

How big is the Bottom PCB?

The Bottom measures 119.3 × 87.9 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Bottom?

8 components, from 1 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Bottom design files?

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

Can I use the Bottom design in my own project?

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

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