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Ground station

ShaneTWilliams·capstone·hardware/boards/ground-station/ground-station.kicad_pcb

Ground station PCB layout, top view — open source Raspberry Pi board by ShaneTWilliams

About the Ground station PCB

Ground station is an open source Raspberry Pi PCB design by ShaneTWilliams, published on GitHub. It is a 4-layer board measuring 65 × 59.5 mm, with 117 components from 58 distinct parts.

Its main chip is the Raspberry_Pi_2_3, from the Raspberry Pi family. Other key parts include the TPS564242DRLR, SX1262IMLTRT, RX5808, SW-GPS01 and SKY13453-385LF. By type, the board carries 59 capacitors, 29 resistors, 8 ICs, 8 connectors, 7 inductors and 3 test points.

It belongs with the robotics & motion designs in this gallery.

From the project

Remotely-operated quadcopter hardware, firmware and software

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Then to activate it, run the following. You'll need to do this each time you open a new shell, but you can put it in your shell's dotfile to automate this.

Open PowerShell as an administrator and install chocolatey using these instructions.

Still using an administrator shell, install dependencies with:

Main components on the Ground station

TPS564242DRLRSX1262IMLTRTRX5808SW-GPS01SKY13453-385LFADV7282A-MAP2127K-1.8

Ground station bill of materials (BOM)

117 components, 58 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
TPS564242DRLR
U3
1
SX1262IMLTRT
U201
1
RX5808
U202
1
SW-GPS01
U203
1
SKY13453-385LF
U204
1
ADV7282A-M
U601
2
AP2127K-1.8
U602, U603
1
JYJE 3TJ432000HYFBC
32 MHz
Y201
1
28.63636 MHz
Y601
1
USB_A
J1
1
Barrel_Jack
J2
1
Conn_Coaxial
J3
1
Raspberry_Pi_2_3
J101
1
Conn_01x15
J102
3
U.FL
J201, J202, J203
3
TestPoint
TP1, TP2, TP3
1
SMAJ5.0A
D401
1
1.5u
L4
1
0R
L201
1
47n
L202
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QtyPartRefs
1
15n
L203
1
2.5n
L204
1
4.7n
L205
1
9.1n
L206
15
100n
C1, C3, C24, C27, C205, C206, C207, C210 +7
1
~
C2
3
10u
C23, C25, C26
5
22u
C33, C34, C201, C202, C203
1
470n
C204
1
2.2u
C208
2
47p
C209, C215
5
1u
C211, C605, C606, C607, C608
2
16p
C212, C214
1
47n
C213
2
1.8p
C216, C223
1
2.4p
C217
3
1n
C218, C224, C225
2
5.6p
C219, C221
1
3p
C220
2
39p
C222, C228
1
100p
C226
6
10n
C227, C612, C613, C616, C617, C619
2
3.3p
C229, C230
2
22p
C602, C603
1
680n
C610
11
0
R1, R2, R6, R22, R23, R24, R25, R26 +3
1
0
R3
1
24R
R4
1
51R
R5
1
100k
R7
1
135k
R8
1
30k
R9
4
100k
R201, R205, R604, R605
4
10k
R202, R203, R204, R606
1
2.2k
R206
1
2.7k
R207
1
47R
R301
1
1k
R603

Ground station design files

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

Ground station: common questions

What microcontroller does the Ground station use?

The Ground station is built around the Raspberry_Pi_2_3, from the Raspberry Pi family.

How big is the Ground station PCB?

The Ground station measures 65 × 59.5 mm, has 4 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Ground station?

117 components, from 58 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Ground station design files?

From the ShaneTWilliams/capstone repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout and the schematic; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Ground station design in my own project?

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

Can I test firmware for the Ground station without the hardware?

Yes. HardLabs builds a simulation of the board from its netlist and BOM, so you can run and debug Raspberry Pi firmware against it before you order a PCB.

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