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| Zebidee:
Give EasyEDA a go, is free. Try something dead-simple first. Recreate some of your sega game cartridge PCBs, something familiar yet useful like that. I see there are quite a few video tutorials around for it too. EasyEDA has limitations, but it can do everything you need and gets you going pretty quickly. You can download your designs as files usable by the other platforms. Once you understand all the basics you can move onto something more advanced like Kicad. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: pbj on April 25, 2023, 10:23:19 pm ---Found this, which gets me partway there: https://oshwlab.com/ptchnk/PCEngine_ControlBoard2P_V1.1_copy --- End quote --- Looks like this PCB is for the original PC Engine controller -- D-pad, 2 player buttons, Select, and Run. (no switches) The schematic you posted earlier appears to be for a variation on the PC Engine Duo-RX "Arcade Pad 6" controller -- D-pad, 6 player buttons, Select, Run, and 7 switches. (schematic shows 4 switches) Which controller type do you want? Scott |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: pbj on April 25, 2023, 10:23:19 pm ---I’ll do what I do best… register for a foreign forum and beg. --- End quote --- What do you need to beg for? Other the Single Inline Pack (SIP) 8x47k resistor pack (vertical 2nd row of 9 pads from the upper left), the components are pretty obvious and should be easy to source. The inline resistor pack almost certainly contains "bussed resistors" like this one or this one with the common (pin 1) marked with an "X" on the PCB. (see page 2 of the datasheet here for schematic) On the PCB page you linked to, click on "Open in editor" under Design Drawing to view the layers of the board and connections by hovering over components, traces, or pads. - You can also export a .zip file containing the Gerber files that are needed to fabricate the PCB using the "Fabrication--PCB Fabrication Files (Gerber)" menu entry. ;D Scott |
| bobbyb13:
Well, ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---- I thought I would be able to follow along for longer than that- :dunno |
| mourix:
I work as a PCB/Hardware design engineer these days and was bored last night... This should fit the 2 dollar 5x5cm 2-layer option on JLCPCB. Enjoy :cheers: If anyone has any questions or finds a mistake, hit me up. |
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