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Current Sensing Card

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Current Sensing Card PCB layout, top view — open source board by switchcraft
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About the Current Sensing Card PCB

Current Sensing Card is an open source PCB design by switchcraft, published on GitHub. It is a 2-layer board measuring 95 × 70 mm, with 40 components from 10 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the LTS-25-NP and NE5532. By type, the board carries 18 resistors, 7 capacitors, 6 ICs, 3 connectors and 3 diodes.

It belongs with the sensors designs in this gallery.

From the project

KiCad Project files, schematic files, layout files and netlists

This card is the home of the most important current sensors. It otherwise is similar to the VOLT SENSOR project. Sensor output are rescaled and sent to a sensor input card

Main components on the Current Sensing Card

LTS-25-NPNE5532

Current Sensing Card bill of materials (BOM)

40 components, 10 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
3
LTS-25-NP
U1, U2, U3
3
NE5532
U4, U5, U6
1
CONN_01X04
P1
1
CONN_01X02
P2
1
CONN_01X03
P3
3
POT
RV1, RV2, RV3
3
LED
D1, D2, D3
5
C
C1, C2, C3, C4, C5
2
CP
C6, C7
18
R
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 +10

Current Sensing Card design files

The KiCad project lives in the switchcraft/kicad-projects repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Current Sensing Card: common questions

How big is the Current Sensing Card PCB?

The Current Sensing Card measures 95 × 70 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Current Sensing Card?

40 components, from 10 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Current Sensing Card design files?

From the switchcraft/kicad-projects repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Current Sensing Card design in my own project?

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

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