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Kicad control board

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Kicad control board layout, top view — open source board by matthewcieplak

About the Kicad control board

Kicad control board is an open source PCB design by matthewcieplak, published on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board measuring 100 × 110 mm, with 97 components from 36 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the 74HC595 and MCP23S17. By type, the board carries 24 switches, 24 resistors, 19 diodes, 9 connectors, 9 capacitors and 5 transistors.

It belongs with the audio designs in this gallery.

From the project

Code and schematics for the Super Sixteen Eurorack sequencer

At just 20HP, it is a compact and powerful 64-step control voltage sequencer with 99 song patch memory, motion recording, scale selection, realtime pitch and rhythm effects, paraphonic modes, generative mutations, and a uniquely powerful two-handed programming interface.

Video blogs documenting the sequencer progress are available on youtube.

USER MANUAL (pdf) BUILD GUIDE (pdf) BILL OF MATERIALS (octopart list) INTERACTIVE BOM (html - for easy part placement) CPU board / Control board Video build guide 1v/oct calibration tutorial video Build support thread on Mod Wiggler ModularGrid page

Kicad control board, from the project README
From the project README

Main components on the Kicad control board

74HC595MCP23S17

Kicad control board bill of materials (BOM)

97 components, 36 distinct parts — part numbers from the project's BOM.

QtyPartRefs
2
74HC595
U1, U3
1
MCP23S17
U2
3
2N3906
Q1, Q2, Q3
2
2N3904
Q4, Q5
1
Conn_01x10_Female
J1
1
Conn_01x16_Male
J2
1
BA56_3DIG_7SEG
J3
1
Gate Out
J4
1
Clock Out
J5
1
Clock In
J6
1
Pitch Out
J7
1
CV Out
J8
1
Reset In
J9
4
B100K
RV1, RV2, RV3, RV4
16
SW
S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8 +8
1
Load
S17
1
Save
S18
1
Play
S19
1
Shift
S20
1
GlideBtn
S21
Show 16 more
QtyPartRefs
1
Repeat
SW1
1
Mutate
SW2
1
Rotary_Encoder
SW3
1
TSS54URGG
LED
Taiwan Semiconductor
D1
16
LED
D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9 +8
1
GlideLED
D18
1
BAT85
D19
3
47uF
C1, C4, C7
3
100nF
C2, C5, C8
3
100pF
C3, C6, C9
12
100
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 +4
3
1k
R13, R17, R18
3
680
R14, R15, R16
2
10k
R19, R22
2
100k
R20, R23
2
1M
R21, R24

Kicad control board design files

The KiCad project lives in the matthewcieplak/super-sixteen repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Kicad control board: common questions

How big is the Kicad control board?

The Kicad control board measures 100 × 110 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Kicad control board?

97 components, from 36 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 Kicad control board design files?

From the matthewcieplak/super-sixteen repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout and the BOM; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Kicad control board design in my own project?

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

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