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Designing a PCB

Inspired by Piotr Bugaj and his TZXDuino Shield I thought I'd take his PCB design and add the 2.5mm socket and some right angle buttons and get it so it will fit into a PP9 case.
This is a whole new thing for me as I have never designed a PCB in my life or used Diptrace before. Luckily it's quite an intuitive piece of software that's easy to use. After adding a design for a PCB mounted 2.5mm and also the buttons I managed to design a PCB that should work.


Now however it's finding a reasonably priced manufacturer for a couple of prototypes before maybe a production run.

If you're interested in looking at the Diptrace and gerber file you can download them from here.
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  1. Unknown3 May 2017 at 08:45

    what 2.5mm jack are you using?

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    1. Duncan Edwards3 May 2017 at 13:50

      I use the standard 2.5mm mono jack that was used by all computers that had motor control.

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  2. Unknown26 July 2017 at 11:35

    witch prorgam are you using for pcb?

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  3. Unknown7 August 2017 at 14:53

    I'm interested in upgrading my existing pcb to add a remote socket. Do you have the wiring diagram to show where it would be connected?

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    1. Duncan Edwards7 August 2017 at 15:21

      The ground connects to and ground pin and the main pins connect to pin 6 on the Arduino Nano. Make sure you use a 2.5mm socket.

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  4. Mega Chip Watt6 January 2019 at 10:28

    hello, where do I find the values ​​of the resistors and capacitors? thank you

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    1. Duncan Edwards6 January 2019 at 10:39

      Are you thinking of building your own PCB version or building one in general?

      If you are thinking of building one in general then you don't need the resistors or capacitors they are already part and parcel of the LM386 module and mini SD card reader.

      There is a design flaw in this PCB in that Class 10 SD cards do not work under USB power, only under 6v or higher DC.

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  5. Mega Chip Watt6 January 2019 at 15:12

    I downloaded the zip package in this article but in the zip package, in addition to the gerber, there is a schematic, but the values ​​of the capacitors and resistors are not reported ...

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    1. Buleste6 January 2019 at 15:22

      This was a prototype design and not really meant for production, more to test if I could do it or not.
      There are several issues with the design, such as Jack placement and button placement, also hole size as well.

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