Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad

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[WARNING] Please read carefully this note before using this project. It contains important facts.

Content

1. What is Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad, and when to use it ?
2. What should you know before using Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad ?
3. How to use Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad ?
4. Known issues
5. Miscellanous

1. What is Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad, and when to use it ?

As the name implies Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad is a project made with Kicad. I converted the available schematics of a computer from the 1980s called 'Atari ST', and there is even a PCB to serve as a non normative reference.

Licence

Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0

Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

2. What should you know before using Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad ?

As the name implies, Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad is made using Kicad 6.

The git repository use several submodules that one has to fetch in order to get the symbols, footprint and 3dmodels.

This project contains a PCB design that is an approximate reconstruction :

• Component, mounting hole placement and routing were approximatively guided using a degraded pcb scans from a scanned service manual found on the Atari Document Archive (confidential)

Do not use Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad if this project is not suitable for your project.

3. How to use Sporniket's conversion of the schematics of the 'Atari 260ST/520ST' computer into Kicad ?

From sources

To get the latest available models, one must clone the git repository and the submodules.

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/sporniket/kicad-conversions--atari-260-520-st-motherboard--c070231.git

Then, open the project in Kicad.

From github releases

A github releases will provide :

• A standalone Kicad project (all custom libraries included)
• A PDF of the schematics
• A PDF of the silkscreen

4. Known issues

See the project issues page.

5. Miscellanous

Report issues

Use the project issues page.