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Prop BOE and Express PCB

NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
edited 2013-04-09 20:31 in General Discussion
Does anyone have a schematic/PCB layout of the Prop BOE, preferably in Express PCB format? I am working on my project for the Micro Medic contest and it sure would be nice to have a premade Express PCB schematic as that would save me (and I am sure others) a ton of time when the project gets to that stage. I am a bit backwards. I usually build and then put it on paper!!!!

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  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-04-09 12:21
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    Does anyone have a schematic/PCB layout of the Prop BOE, preferably in Express PCB format?...

    Would any of this help as a starting point instead?

    http://www.rayslogic.com/propeller/PropPCB/PCB_Boards.htm
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-09 12:25
    Yea, I have those but I was hoping maybe someone has done up the actual Prop BOE just to make it easier. If it comes down to it I will make one and get it posted. I think Parallax has a schematic somewhere, I just need to find it.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-04-09 12:28
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    Yea, I have those but I was hoping maybe someone has done up the actual Prop BOE just to make it easier. If it comes down to it I will make one and get it posted. I think Parallax has a schematic somewhere, I just need to find it.

    Maybe this?

    http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/docs/prod/prop/32900_PropBOE_RevA_Schematic.pdf
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-09 12:31
    That will work. Thanks. However, If anyone already has this done in Express PCB please feel free to chime in.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-04-09 13:55
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    That will work. Thanks. However, If anyone already has this done in Express PCB please feel free to chime in.

    Here's another page maybe to have a look at. There's an expressPCB file on it that might help.
    http://www.parallax.com/tabid/808/Default.aspx

    (Hey, if nothing else, I'll just keep bumping up your post until somebody with the file you want will see it.)
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-09 13:58
    That would be great but the Express PCB and Eagle links are broken.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-04-09 15:05
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    That would be great but the Express PCB and Eagle links are broken.

    Drat. Well, in any case, it looks like they're the same files as was posted on Rayslogic.com, anyway. Bumpitity bump bump....
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2013-04-09 20:19
    FYI, The PropBOE is a four layer board.

    I'm pretty sure Express PCB is an expensive way of having a circuit board made. There are lots of other less expensive options.

    Many of Parallax's boards have DipTrace files available. IMO, DipTrace is much easier to use than Eagle. It didn't take me long to advance beyond what I could do in Eagle once I started to learn to use DipTrace (not that I ever got very good at Eagle, I thought it was frustrating to use).

    You might have a problem accessing the PropBOE's DipTrace files (if they're available) since the free version of DipTrace is limited to two signal layers.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-09 20:31
    I am not going to have the boards made. I am just working on getting my "stuff" together for the Micro Medic contest. It states that you have to have schematics with your project and since I somewhat know how to use Express PCB/SCH I figured I would use it.
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