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A2600 Keyboard

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A2600 Keyboard PCB layout, top view — open source board by tebl

About the A2600 Keyboard PCB

A2600 Keyboard is an open source PCB design by tebl, published on GitHub under the CERN-OHL-1.2 license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 61 × 99.7 mm, with 19 components from 15 distinct parts.

By type, the board carries 12 switches, 4 modules, 2 resistors and 1 connector.

It belongs with the keyboards and audio designs in this gallery.

From the project

A new version of the classic Atari 2600 Keyboard controller, mostly because I wanted the overlays without paying for worn cardboard sheets.

After picking up an Atari 2600 Jr. a few years back, I've tried really hard to find any love for the system. The graphics really didn't do the RF cable any justice, neither did the basic noise it produced strike any of the necessary cords on a boy that grew up with the Commodore 64 as my first system. Most of it is probably that it was such a known system that you knew about it, even if you'd never even seen one of them - and - to be honest, it'd be highly unfair to compare 70s technology with that of the early 80s. So I've kept buying the cartridge and slowly found a handful of games that…

A2600 Keyboard, from the project README
From the project README

A2600 Keyboard bill of materials (BOM)

19 components, 15 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
4
Mounting
M1, M2, M3, M4
1
Atari_IDC
J1
1
1
SW1
1
2
SW2
1
3
SW3
1
4
SW4
1
5
SW5
1
6
SW6
1
7
SW7
1
8
SW8
1
9
SW9
1
*
SW10
1
0
SW11
1
#
SW12
2
4k7
R301, R302

A2600 Keyboard design files

The KiCad project lives in the tebl/A2600-Keyboard repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

A2600 Keyboard: common questions

How big is the A2600 Keyboard PCB?

The A2600 Keyboard measures 61 × 99.7 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the A2600 Keyboard?

19 components, from 15 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the A2600 Keyboard design files?

From the tebl/A2600-Keyboard repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the A2600 Keyboard design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its CERN-OHL-1.2 license, which tebl chose for the repository.

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