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Rev 4
New Rev 4 Board
A newer version (Rev 4) of this circuit board is available. Rev 4 includes a faster CPU, more memory, more I/O and an optional LCD. We recommend you use Rev 4 for new projects. We are keeping these very old pages on-line for reference to assist people who build the original version of the 8051 development board.
The very old design is difficult to troubleshoot due to the use of an external 27C64 EPROM for the monitor program. We highly recommend you use the new design for any new projects.

Warning: a small modification to the board shown here is required to make it work. The "mod" amounts to cutting two traces and installing two jumpers. See below for details.

Printed Circuit Board Construction

Here is a simple two sided pc board layout. This layout only makes connections to chips on the bottom side of the board, so sockets can easily be used in a hobbiest pc board that doesn't have plated through holes, like mine. How to make printed circuit boards is well beyond the scope of this document, of course.

pc board layout

Several people have asked how to save images. Here's a few things to try.

Now you can also download a postscript copy of this layout, which should print out at the correct size. This postscript file includes a nice curve smoothing that unfortunately only works on an Apple LaserWriter, but it will print with jagged edges on other non-apple postscript printers.

These layout drawings must be printed at 100 dots per inch. They were drawn at this resolution in a pixel-based paint program, so these are the original artwork, not a low resolution copy. I use an Apple Laserwriter, which when used from the right Macintosh software applies a simple curve smoothing to the bitmap, which makes it look quite nice. It should work if printed without curve smoothing. One of these images must be flipped, since both are shown as a top view of the board.

parts placement diagram

This simple diagram shows where to insert each chip. Be careful to get pin 1 aligned with the square pad for each chip. Surface mount capacitors are used for power supply decoupling. As well, two surface mount capacitors are used for the crystal oscillator. The third pair of pads near these is for a zero-ohm jumper. Near the center of the 8051 chip on the bottom of the board are surface mount pads for the reset capacitor and resistor. All the other surface mount pads are for decoupling capacitors. Care should be taken while mounting the crystal so that its metal case doesn't short to the traces which run underneath it. The two large rectangular pads, between the 74HC138 and 74HC373 are intended to reset the system when shorted with a metal object.

component side photo
8051 Development Printed Circuit Board, component Side.

solder side photo
8051 Development Printed Circuit Board, Solder Side.

add layout for rs232 connector board with maxim chip on it.

The MAX232 and it's associated capacitors are mounted on a small circuit board which contains the 25 pin D-type connector.

Modification

A small modification to the board is required to make it work. The lines connected to pins 23 and 25 of the microprocessor need to be swapped. This is easily accomplished by cutting the traces near these pins of the processor and soldering two jumper wires between these pins and the nearby vias. This "mod" is shown in the solder side photo above.

An enlarged view of this section of the solder side of the board is available. Please contact me if you construct this board and you have trouble getting it to work.


Go on to testing and getting it to work.


Paul's Sample 8051 Development Board Design (photos by Carl Price)
http://www.pjrc.com/tech/8051/dev-board-pcboard.html
Last updated: February 24, 2005
Statue: about 80% done now... need some photos... and proofreading
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