Chihuahua

zuiko21·minimOS·hard/kicad/chihuahua/chihuahua.kicad_pcb

Chihuahua PCB layout, top view — open source board by zuiko21
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About the Chihuahua PCB

Chihuahua is an open source PCB design by zuiko21, published on GitHub under the MIT license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 97.8 × 72.4 mm, with 33 components from 29 distinct parts.

Other key parts include the 65C02, 65C22, 62256, 74HC132 and 74HC32. By type, the board carries 8 resistors, 6 connectors, 5 ICs, 4 capacitors, 3 diodes and 2 transistors.

It belongs with the retro computing designs in this gallery.

From the project

Scalable OS for 6502/65816

With great embarrassment I have to admit never having owned a 65xx computer... but suport for these classic machines shouldn't be difficult to add -- for instance, I have declared as 'reserved' the two first zero-page bytes in case the utterly popular Commodore-64 (using a 6510) is targeted.

Back to my own-designed devices, here's the range (past, present and future):

Main components on the Chihuahua

Chihuahua bill of materials (BOM)

33 components, 29 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
65C02
U1
1
65C22
U2
1
62256
U3
1
74HC132
U4
1
74HC32
U5
2
BC548
Q1, Q2
1
1 MHz
X1
1
CARTRIDGE
J1
1
VIAport
J2
1
IOx
J3
1
nanoLink
J4
1
STEP
J5
1
POWER
J6
1
Buzzer
BZ1
1
LATCH
JP4
1
RESET
SW1
1
NMI
SW2
1
BAT85
D1
1
1N4148
D2
1
ON
D3
Show 9 more
QtyPartRefs
1
10µ
C1
1
0
C2
1
100µ
C3
1
22n
C4
2
22K
R1, R2
2
3K3
R3, R4
1
680
R5
1
4K7
RN1
2
3K3
RN2, RN3

Chihuahua design files

The KiCad project lives in the zuiko21/minimOS repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Chihuahua: common questions

How big is the Chihuahua PCB?

The Chihuahua measures 97.8 × 72.4 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Chihuahua?

33 components, from 29 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Chihuahua design files?

From the zuiko21/minimOS repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Chihuahua design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its MIT license, which zuiko21 chose for the repository.

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