Thumbee

fifteenhex·thumbee

Thumbee PCB layout, top view — open source board by fifteenhex

About the Thumbee PCB

Thumbee is an open source PCB design by fifteenhex, published on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 38 × 38 mm, with 65 components from 28 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the msc313e, spinor, ht42b534-1, RT8059GJ5 and xc6204xxxxMR. By type, the board carries 32 capacitors, 19 resistors, 7 ICs, 3 inductors, 2 connectors and 1 module.

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

From the project

MStar MSC313E SoC breakout

This is dead. Look at https://github.com/fifteenhex/breadbee instead. It actually works. :D

Rough layout. Minimal decoupling caps because of limited space. Test to see if two layers works. May move to some 0402 passives if not.

Pinout foobar #1. USB ground isn't wired up because of a difference in the pin number of the symbol and the footprint. Fixed by shorting the id pin to ground next to it.

Main components on the Thumbee

Thumbee bill of materials (BOM)

65 components, 28 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
msc313e
U1
1
spinor
U2
1
ht42b534-1
U3
3
RT8059GJ5
U4, U5, U6
1
xc6204xxxxMR
U7
1
thumbee
MOD1
1
Crystal
Y1
1
Conn_02x05_Odd_Even
J11
1
USB_B_Mini
J12
3
L
L1, L2, L3
15
C
C1, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C24, C25 +7
5
10uf
C2, C9, C12, C15, C16
2
1uf
C3, C17
2
47pf
C4, C5
3
4.7uf
C6, C10, C13
1
470nf
C7
3
22pf
C8, C11, C14
1
2.2uf
C23
2
33
R1, R2
1
10k
R3
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QtyPartRefs
1
75k
R4
2
100k
R5, R18
1
120k
R6
1
57k
R7
1
33k
R8
1
7.5k
R9
8
R
R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17
1
0
R19

Thumbee design files

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

Thumbee: common questions

How big is the Thumbee PCB?

The Thumbee measures 38 × 38 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Thumbee?

65 components, from 28 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Thumbee design files?

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

Can I use the Thumbee design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its GPL-3.0 license, which fifteenhex chose for the repository.

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