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Thyme

taciturnaxolotl·thyme·kicad/thyme.kicad_pcb

Thyme PCB layout, top view — open source board by taciturnaxolotl
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About the Thyme PCB

Thyme is an open source PCB design by taciturnaxolotl, published on GitHub under the MIT license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 140.8 × 85.9 mm, with 88 components from 4 distinct parts.

By type, the board carries 44 switches, 42 diodes and 2 connectors.

It belongs with the keyboards designs in this gallery.

From the project

my custom split keyboard 🫶

Panelization is the most annoying bit of this whole process. I was able to finally get it work work by using kikit to generate rails and tabs.

Firmware is zmk and is maintained in the submodule /zmk. The latest firmware build can be grabbed from nightly.link/taciturnaxolotl/thyme-module/workflows/build as a zip containing the left and right half uf2 files.

The case was made in onshape and is available in this document. The case is made of PLA and printed on an A1 mini. It is likely to change quite a bit once I get my pcb assembled and can fit test stuff. Evenentually I would like to add a…

Thyme, from the project README
From the project README

Thyme bill of materials (BOM)

88 components, 4 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
2
JST BATTERY R
J1, J2
2
Power Switch
S1, S2
42
SW_Push
SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4, SW5, SW6, SW7, SW8 +34
42
D_Small
D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8 +34

Thyme design files

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

Thyme: common questions

How big is the Thyme PCB?

The Thyme measures 140.8 × 85.9 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Thyme?

88 components, from 4 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Thyme design files?

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

Can I use the Thyme design in my own project?

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

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