A custom expansion board for the Digilent BASYS3 FPGA Development Board, designed to provide additional peripherals for FPGA development, prototyping, and experimentation.
Status: Hardware design completed. Awaiting PCB fabrication and assembly.
This project extends the capabilities of the BASYS3 FPGA board by integrating commonly used peripherals onto a single expansion board. It was developed as a personal hardware project to provide a convenient platform for future projects.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Target Platform | Digilent BASYS3 FPGA Development Board |
| PCB Layers | 2 |
| PCB Thickness | 1.6 mm FR-4 |
| Copper Weight | 1 oz |
| Logic Level | 3.3 V CMOS |
| Power Source | BASYS3 expansion connectors (JA & JXADC or JB & JC) |
| DACs | 8-bit DAC and 12-bit DAC |
| Seven-Segment Display | 3 digits with BCD decoder and digit multiplexing |
| Expansion Headers | Standard 2.54 mm pitch |
| Prototyping Area | 470 points solderless breadboard |
| Debug Interface | Analog Discovery compatible header |
| PCB Dimensions | 3.8in x 5.12in (97mm x 130mm) |
- Schematic (PDF)
- PCB top and bottom views
- PCB renders
- Assembled board pictures (to be added after fabrication)
- Bill of Materials (TODO)
NOTE: This repository is intended as a portfolio showcase of the project, so CAD project files and Gerber files are intentionally not included.
- Extend the BASYS3 with additional hardware resources.
- Maintain a simple, easy-to-understand design.
- Use off-the-shelf components.
- Manufacture and assemble the PCB
- Hardware validation and testing
- Add photographs of the assembled board
- Publish example FPGA projects demonstrating the peripherals
The documentation and images contained in this repository are licensed under the MIT License unless otherwise stated.
The hardware design itself is not open source. This repository does not include the native CAD project files or manufacturing data required to reproduce the board.