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Typepak advance

ImStuBTW·typepak-advance

Typepak advance PCB layout, top view — open source board by ImStuBTW

About the Typepak advance PCB

Typepak advance is an open source PCB design by ImStuBTW, published on GitHub under the MIT license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 51.7 × 32 mm, with 25 components from 20 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the E73-2G4M08S1C, AP2112K-3.3 and TP4054. By type, the board carries 7 resistors, 4 connectors, 3 ICs, 3 diodes, 3 capacitors and 2 transistors.

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

From the project

An nRF52840 breakout board enclosed in a Game Boy Advance cartridge.

The TypePak Advance is an update to my original TypePak design from 2023. The original idea for the concept was to put as many wireless keyboard components as possible inside of the shell of a Game Boy Advance cartridge. This allows you to more easily move the microcontroller between builds, but honestly it's primarily done for aesthetic reasons. Slapping a Game Boy cartridge port and cartridge onto the side of one's keyboard takes up a decent amount of space compared to a Pro Micro or a XIAO microcontroller, but it does look neat. If you're iterating through designs rapidly, it does manage…

Typepak advance, from the project README
From the project README

Main components on the Typepak advance

E73-2G4M08S1CAP2112K-3.3TP4054

Typepak advance bill of materials (BOM)

25 components, 20 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
E73-2G4M08S1C
U1
1
AP2112K-3.3
U2
1
TP4054
U3
2
AO3407
Q1, Q2
1
32768kHz
X1
1
Conn_01x04
J2
1
Conn_01x02
J3
1
Conn_01x32_Pin
J5
1
Conn_01x10
J6
1
1N5819
D1
1
BLUE
D2
1
RED
D3
2
FerriteBead_Small
FB1, FB2
1
560pF/680pF
C1
2
1uF
C2, C3
1
100K
R1
2
1K
R4, R8
1
RPROG
R5
1
820K
R6
2
2M
R7, R9

Typepak advance design files

The KiCad project lives in the ImStuBTW/typepak-advance repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Typepak advance: common questions

How big is the Typepak advance PCB?

The Typepak advance measures 51.7 × 32 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Typepak advance?

25 components, from 20 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Typepak advance design files?

From the ImStuBTW/typepak-advance repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout and the schematic; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Typepak advance design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its MIT license, which ImStuBTW chose for the repository.

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