Expansion card KiCad template
A minimal KiCad project with the expansion-card outline, connector and speaker pads measured from the 4G board — the starting point for your own card.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
PotatoMania traced the dimensions from the mechanical drawing and the 4G board, verified the speaker pad positions on real hardware, and published the skeleton under CC BY-SA 4.0 so nobody has to redo it. Several later cards, including uEXC, start from it.
Links
Open at Forum thread- GitHubRepository
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