Versatile Board for AVR Microcontroller Circuits

Platino, the greatest star of the support act

The name Platino is a playful reference to the French and German word ‘Platine’ meaning ‘circuit board’, with a slight wink at ‘Arduino’. The goal of this project was to design a PCB that would be useful for many applications based on Atmel's ATmega MCUs that may need an LCD and/or push-buttons and that can be easily programmed using WinAVR, AVR studio, BASCOM, Mikro-C or Arduino. The dimensions of the board are adapted to a standard Bopla enclosure so it is easy to finalise a project properly.

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100892-PCB.pdf

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PCB

Download Gerber file: 100892-1-V12

Components

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Component list

Resistors (5% 0.25W axial 10 mm)
R2,R3 = 47R
R13 = 100R
R1, R8, R9 = 470R
R11 = 4.7k
R4, R5, R6, R7, R10, R12 = 10k
P1 = 10k preset, horizontal

Capacitors
C1, C2 = 22pF, 2.5mm
C4 = 10nF, 5mm
C3,C5,C6 = 100nF, 5mm
C8 = 1uF 35V, radial, 2.5mm
C9 = 10uF 35V, radial, 2.5mm

Inductors
L1 = 10uH, axial, 10mm

Semiconductors
D2 = 1N5817 (Schottky)
D1 = LED, RGB, 5mm (e.g. Kingbright L-154A4SURKQBxxxx)
T1 = BC547C (TO-92)
IC3 = 7805 (TO-220)

Miscellaneous
IC1 = DIP40 IC socket
IC2 = DIP28 IC socket, lead pitch 7.62mm
X1 = 16MHz quartz crystal, CL=18 pF, HC-49S case
BUZ1 = buzzer, 12mm diam., through-hole, 6.5mm lead pitch
S1,S2,S3,S4 = Multimec 3FTL6 push button
SW1,SW2 = Alps EC12E2424407 rotary encoder
K1 = 10-way socket, SIL, 0.1" pitch, straight
K2 = 6-pin pinheader, SIL, 0.1" pitch, straight
K3 = 6-pin (2x3) pinheader, 0.1" pitch, straight
K4, K5 = 8-way socket, SIL, 0.1" pitch, straight
K6, K7 = 6-way socket, SIL, 0.1" pitch straight
K8 = 3-pin pinheader, SIL, 0.1" pitch, straight
K9 = 16-way socket, SIL, 0.1" pitch, straight

Enclosure: Bopla ref. # 26160000