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Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/CAD-KiCAD_8-green \"CAD:KiCAD 8\")\n\n# Igloo64 #\n\nPCB design to adapt a 64-pin TQFP part to a standard solderless breadboard.\n\n## The Problem ##\n\nMany modern chips are only available in surface-mount packages.\nSome have the audacity to have 64 pins, and not only that, pins on all four sides.\nHow can we make such a heinous package fit onto a standard solderless breadboard?\n\n## The Solution ##\n\nThis PCB design mounts the SMD part on a vertical board that plugs into a second board\nthat fits on the breadboard.\nThe vertical board has a rounded top, reminiscent of an igloo, hence the name.\n\n## KiCad ##\n\nThis design has been created using the Open Source CAD package KiCad, V8.0.\n\nTo install it on Ubuntu Linux:\n\n`sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad/kicad-8.0-releases`\n\n`sudo apt update`\n\n`sudo apt install kicad`\n\nI'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which would give me the very outdated KiCad V6.0 by default.\nAs I write this, the latest KiCad is V8.0.5,\nwhich is a big upgrade from the V6.0 which I started with.\n\n## PCB Screenshot ##\nWork-in-progress, showing routed tracks.\nThe main TQFP footprint and the four connectors surrounding it have been rotated by\n45 degrees before the tracks were routed to the connectors at the bottom.\nThose tracks are still a bit uneven, but they all connect correctly.\nSpace at the curved top of the board may be adorned with LEDs,\nthe bigger the better.\n\n![PCB screenshot](Igloo64_pcb.png \"PCB screenshot\")\n\n## PCB 3D Render ##\nKiCad's 3D rendering of the PCB as it is so far.\nThe portion on the right-hand side will be snapped off using mouse-bites and used\nto connect the main board to the solderless breadboard.\nAny colour LEDs may be fitted, up to 10mm in diameter.\nThe user may choose to use female headers instead of male ones,\nor simply not fit headers at all if they're not needed.\nBrightly coloured headers are also optional.\n\n![PCB render](Igloo64_render.png \"PCB render\")\n\n## PCB Photo ##\nPhoto of the PCB, as manufactured.\n\n![PCB photo](Igloo64_photo1.jpg \"PCB photo\")\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fanachrocomputer%2Figloo64","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fanachrocomputer%2Figloo64","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fanachrocomputer%2Figloo64/lists"}