Boardr and open hardware
Boardr opens the design files of open hardware, and comes with 59 open boards so students, tinkerers and repair technicians can learn from real designs.
What Boardr opens
- KiCad boards (.kicad_pcb), every version from KiCad 4 to KiCad 10
- Eagle boards (.brd) saved by Eagle 6 to 9, and Fusion Electronics exports
- EasyEDA Standard boards (the JSON from File, EasyEDA File Source) and EasyEDA Pro projects (.epro)
- And the boardviews it has always opened: OpenBoardView .brd, XZZ .pcb and OpenBoardData .obdata readings
Parts, pads, nets, the board's outline and its copper traces all come from the file. Boardr also shows each part's value and footprint, and marks parts the design leaves unfitted.
The boards that come with Boardr
Each is the makers' own design file, unchanged, in your library's Open Hardware folder. Each design file is licensed by its makers under the license named beside it, separately from Boardr. You may copy, share and adapt it under that license. Please keep the credit line with it.
Adafruit
- Circuit Playground Express
Designed by Adafruit Industries, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Circuit-Playground-Express-PCB
Download Adafruit Circuit Playground Express.brd (2.6 MB) · License: license.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Metro M0 Express
Designed by Adafruit Industries, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Metro-M0-Express-PCB
Download Adafruit Metro M0 Express.brd (3.1 MB) · License: license.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - PyPortal
Designed by Adafruit Industries, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-PyPortal-PCB
Download Adafruit PyPortal.brd (0.3 MB) · License: license.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Badge.team
- MCH2022 camp badge (MCH2022 badge)
MCH2022 badge by Badge.team, CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: https://github.com/badgeteam/mch2022-badge-hardware
Download mch2022.kicad_pcb (8.2 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
BeagleBoard.org
- BeagleBone Blue
BeagleBone Blue (c) 2016 Erik Welsh (Octavo Systems), Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments), James Strawson and contributors, CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-blue
Download BeagleBone_Blue.brd (0.8 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - PocketBeagle
PocketBeagle (c) 2017 Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments), Aron Phillips (GHI Electronics), Michael Welling (QWERTY Embedded) and contributors, CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/beagleboard/pocketbeagle
Download PocketBeagle.kicad_pcb (0.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Dangerous Prototypes
- Bus Pirate 6 REV2b (Bus Pirate 5)
Bus Pirate 5/6 hardware (c) 2023 Ian Lesnet, Where Labs LLC, MIT. Source: https://github.com/DangerousPrototypes/BusPirate5-hardware
Download 6-REV2b.kicad_pcb (3.2 MB) · License: LICENSE.TXT SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Bus Pirate 5 REV10a
Bus Pirate 5/6 hardware (c) 2023 Ian Lesnet, Where Labs LLC, MIT. Source: https://github.com/DangerousPrototypes/BusPirate5-hardware
Download REV10a.kicad_pcb (3.5 MB) · License: LICENSE.TXT SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Electromagnetic Field
- Tildagon hexpansion (Tildagon (EMF Camp 2024 badge))
Tildagon badge hardware by Electromagnetic Field, CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: https://github.com/emfcamp/badge-2024-hardware
Download hexpansion.kicad_pcb (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Tildagon badge (Tildagon (EMF Camp 2024 badge))
Tildagon badge hardware by Electromagnetic Field, CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: https://github.com/emfcamp/badge-2024-hardware
Download tildagon-base.kicad_pcb (4.8 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
foostan
- Corne Cherry hotswap (Corne keyboard (crkbd))
Corne keyboard by foostan, CC BY 4.0 / MIT. Source: https://github.com/foostan/crkbd
Download corne-cherry.kicad_pcb (4.6 MB) · License: LICENSE_CC LICENSE_MIT SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Framework Computer
- Expansion Card template (Framework Expansion Cards)
Expansion Cards (c) 2021 Framework Computer Inc, CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards
Download Expansion_Card.kicad_pcb (0.0 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Expansion Card microcontroller (Framework Expansion Cards)
Expansion Cards (c) 2021 Framework Computer Inc, CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards
Download Microcontroller.kicad_pcb (0.3 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Gekkio
- GB-BRK-CART breakout cartridge (Game Boy custom hardware)
Game Boy hardware designs by Joonas Javanainen (Gekkio), CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-hardware. Do not remove the original creator's name.
Download GB-BRK-CART.kicad_pcb (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - GB-CART32K-A cartridge (Game Boy custom hardware)
Game Boy hardware designs by Joonas Javanainen (Gekkio), CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-hardware. Do not remove the original creator's name.
Download GB-CART32K-A.kicad_pcb (0.1 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - GB-LIVE32 cartridge (Game Boy custom hardware)
Game Boy hardware designs by Joonas Javanainen (Gekkio), CC BY 4.0. Source: https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-hardware. Do not remove the original creator's name.
Download GB-LIVE32.kicad_pcb (0.5 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Glasgow Embedded
- Glasgow Interface Explorer
Glasgow Interface Explorer revC3 by the Glasgow Interface Explorer contributors, 0BSD or Apache 2.0. Source: https://github.com/GlasgowEmbedded/glasgow
Download Glasgow Interface Explorer revC3.kicad_pcb (3.5 MB) · License: LICENSE-0BSD.txt LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Great Scott Gadgets
- Cynthion USB analyzer
Cynthion hardware (c) 2019-2024 Great Scott Gadgets, CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/cynthion-hardware
Download cynthion.kicad_pcb (6.3 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - GreatFET One (azalea)
GreatFET One hardware (c) 2017 Great Scott Gadgets, BSD-3-Clause. Source: https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/greatfet-hardware
Download azalea.kicad_pcb (0.7 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - HackRF One
HackRF One hardware design (c) 2012-2022 Great Scott Gadgets, licensed CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf
Download hackrf-one.kicad_pcb (4.6 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Hack Club
- Orpheuspad macropad (Hackpad)
Hackpad / Orpheuspad (c) 2024-2025 Hack Club, MIT. Source: https://github.com/hackclub/hackpad
Download orpheuspad_pcb.kicad_pcb (0.3 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Sprig console mainboard
Sprig by Hack Club, MIT. Source: https://github.com/hackclub/sprig
Download sprig_console.kicad_pcb (0.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Hackaday
- Communicator main PCB (Supercon 2025 Communicator badge)
2025 Hackaday Supercon Communicator Badge, MIT. Source: https://github.com/Hack-a-Day/2025-Communicator_Badge
Download communicator_pcb.kicad_pcb (1.6 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - I2C proto petal SAO (Supercon 2024 SAO petal)
I2C proto petal (c) 2024 Elliot Williams, MIT. Source: https://github.com/Hack-a-Day/2024-Supercon-8-Add-On-Badge
Download sao_proto.kicad_pcb (0.4 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Vectorscope badge (Vectorscope (Supercon 2023 badge))
Vectorscope (c) 2023 Elliot Williams, Voja Antonic, Al Williams, Tom Nardi, MIT. Source: https://github.com/Hack-a-Day/Vectorscope
Download vectorscope.kicad_pcb (7.3 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Josef Adamcik
- Sofle v2 (Sofle keyboard)
Sofle Keyboard (c) 2019 Josef Adamcik, MIT. Source: https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard
Download SofleKeyboard.kicad_pcb (0.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
kata0510
- Lily58 Pro V2
Lily58 (c) 2018 Naoki Katahira, MIT. Source: https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58
Download Pro_V2.kicad_pcb (8.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
KiCad
- ECC83 tube preamp demo (KiCad demo projects)
KiCad demo projects by the KiCad developers, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad (GitHub mirror kicad/kicad-source-mirror)
Download ecc83-pp.kicad_pcb (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 LICENSE.README SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - PIC programmer demo (KiCad demo projects)
KiCad demo projects by the KiCad developers, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad (GitHub mirror kicad/kicad-source-mirror)
Download pic_programmer.kicad_pcb (0.6 MB) · License: LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 LICENSE.README SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Video demo (KiCad demo projects)
KiCad demo projects by the KiCad developers, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad (GitHub mirror kicad/kicad-source-mirror)
Download video.kicad_pcb (5.8 MB) · License: LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 LICENSE.README SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Lord's Boards
- RoyalBlue54L Feather (RoyalBlue54L Feather (KiCad demo))
RoyalBlue54L Feather by Lord's Boards, CERN-OHL-P v2. Source: KiCad demos (https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad)
Download RoyalBlue54L-Feather.kicad_pcb (3.5 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Luke Wren
- PicoDVI board
PicoDVI (c) 2021 Luke Wren, BSD-3-Clause. Source: https://github.com/Wren6991/PicoDVI
Download picodvi.kicad_pcb (0.6 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Mutable Instruments
- Beads (Mutable Instruments Eurorack)
Hardware design by Emilie Gillet / Mutable Instruments, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/pichenettes/eurorack. Mutable Instruments is a registered trademark.
Download beads_v51.brd (0.5 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Nitrokey
- Nitrokey Start
Nitrokey Start, based on NIIBE Yutaka's Flying Stone Tiny 01 (FST-01). PCB CC BY-SA 3.0, schematic CC BY 3.0. Source: https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-start-hardware
Download nk-start.kicad_pcb (0.2 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Oddly Specific Objects
- OSO-BOOK-C1 (The Open Book)
The Open Book by Joey Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book
Download OSO-BOOK-C1.kicad_pcb (1.3 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - OSO-SWAT-C1 (Casio F-91W board swap) (Sensor Watch)
Sensor Watch by Joey Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/joeycastillo/Sensor-Watch
Download OSO-SWAT-C1.kicad_pcb (6.4 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Olimex
- A64-OLinuXino
A64-OLinuXino Rev H (c) OLIMEX Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/OLINUXINO
Download A64-OLinuXino Rev H.kicad_pcb (5.6 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - STMP157-OLinuXino-LIME2
STMP157-OLinuXino-LIME2 Rev B1 (c) OLIMEX Ltd, CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/OLINUXINO
Download STMP157-OLinuXino-LIME2 Rev B1.kicad_pcb (7.5 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - ESP32-DevKit-LiPo Rev D
ESP32-DevKit-LiPo by OLIMEX Ltd, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/ESP32-DevKit-LiPo
Download ESP32-DevKit-Lipo_Rev_D.kicad_pcb (0.5 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - ESP32-EVB Rev L
ESP32-EVB by OLIMEX Ltd, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/ESP32-EVB
Download ESP32-EVB_Rev_L.kicad_pcb (3.3 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - ESP32-PoE Rev M2
ESP32-POE by OLIMEX Ltd, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/ESP32-POE
Download ESP32-PoE_Rev_M2.kicad_pcb (2.8 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - iCE40HX1K-EVB Rev B
iCE40HX1K-EVB by OLIMEX Ltd, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/iCE40HX1K-EVB
Download iCE40HX1K-EVB_Rev_B.kicad_pcb (0.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - TERES-PCB1-A64-MAIN Rev C (TERES-I DIY laptop)
TERES-I by OLIMEX Ltd, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP
Download TERES_PCB1-A64-MAIN_Rev.C.kicad_pcb (2.8 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Pierre Chevalier
- Ferris 0.2 Compact (Ferris keyboard)
Ferris by Pierre Chevalier, Solderpad Hardware License 2.1. Source: https://github.com/pierrechevalier83/ferris
Download ferris.kicad_pcb (1.3 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Pixhawk
- PX4 FMUv2.4.5 (Pixhawk FMU)
Pixhawk FMUv2 reference design by the Pixhawk/PX4 project, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/pixhawk/Hardware. Pixhawk is a trademark.
Download PX4FMUv2.4.5.brd (0.6 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
SecuringHardware.com
- Tigard
Tigard (c) 2020 Franklin Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/tigard-tools/tigard
Download tigard.kicad_pcb (1.0 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
SoloKeys
- Solo USB-C (Solo security key)
Solo hardware by SoloKeys, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/solokeys/solo-hw
Download solo-C.kicad_pcb (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE-CC-BY-SA LICENSE-CERN SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
SparkFun Electronics
- Big Easy Driver
Big Easy Driver by SparkFun Electronics (design by Brian Schmalz), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/Big_Easy_Driver
Download BigEasyDriver.brd (0.3 MB) · License: SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - MicroMod All The Pins carrier (MicroMod ATP Carrier)
MicroMod ATP Carrier Board by SparkFun Electronics, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/MicroMod_ATP_Carrier_Board
Download MicroMod_ATP_CarrierBoard.brd (1.1 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - OpenLog
OpenLog by SparkFun Electronics, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/OpenLog
Download OpenLog.brd (0.1 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Pro Micro v13 (SparkFun Pro Micro)
SparkFun Pro Micro by SparkFun Electronics, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/Pro_Micro
Download SparkFun_Pro_Micro.brd (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - RED-V Thing Plus (RISC-V)
SparkFun RED-V Thing Plus by SparkFun Electronics, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_RED-V_Thing_Plus
Download RedVThingPlus.brd (1.0 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - RedBoard (SparkFun RedBoard)
SparkFun RedBoard by SparkFun Electronics, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/sparkfun/RedBoard
Download RedBoard.brd (2.4 MB) · License: LICENSE.md SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
SQFMI
- Watchy e-paper watch
Watchy (c) SQFMI, MIT. Source: https://github.com/sqfmi/watchy-hardware
Download Watchy.kicad_pcb (0.6 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
ThingM
- blink(1) mk2
blink(1) (c) ThingM 2012-2020, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/todbot/blink1. blink(1) is a trademark of ThingM Corporation.
Download blink1mk2_v2c3.brd (0.2 MB) · License: LICENSE.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Tiny Tapeout
- Tiny Tapeout demo PCB (Tiny Tapeout demo board)
Tiny Tapeout demo board, Apache-2.0. Source: https://github.com/TinyTapeout/tt-demo-pcb
Download tinytapeout-demo.kicad_pcb (7.9 MB) · License: LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
Tomu
- Fomu PVT (FPGA in a USB port)
Fomu hardware by the Tomu project, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/im-tomu/fomu-hardware
Download tomu-fpga.kicad_pcb (0.3 MB) · License: LICENSE.TAPR LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project - Tomu
Tomu hardware by the Tomu project, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://github.com/im-tomu/tomu-hardware
Download tomu.kicad_pcb (0.1 MB) · License: LICENSE.TAPR LICENSE.CC-BY-SA LICENSE SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
UltiMachine
- RAMBo 3D printer controller
RAMBo by UltiMachine, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://github.com/ultimachine/RAMBo
Download RAMBo.brd (1.0 MB) · License: license.txt SOURCE_AND_LICENSE.txt · Project
More boards
In Boardr, Help, then Where to Find Open Boards lists more open boards Boardr opens, how to get the files out of KiCad, Eagle and EasyEDA, and what to do with formats Boardr can't open.