Mon Jan  7 17:18:14 PST 2013 Kevin Karplus

This directory contains the design for breakout board for the
Freescale Semiconductor MPX2053DP pressure sensor used in the pressure
sensor lab for Applied Circuits Winter 2013.  The pressure sensors are
lab equipment (not sold to the students) and should not need to be
replaced for several years.

MPX2053DP-breakout-v1.brd and MPX2053DP-breakout-v1.sch are the board and
schematic project files for Eagle.  Everything else derives from them.

The 5by5_Green_1.6mm_MPX2053_10pcs.zip contains all the Gerber files
output by Eagle, and is the file sent to the PCB house (ITEADstudio).

The Gerber files are also available separately.


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Sat Jun 14 11:07:51 PDT 2014 Kevin Karplus

The MPX2053DP has been discontinued, but other parts by Freescale use
the same package.  The MPX2050DP is a slightly better replacement.

If I were to redesign the board, I would probably shape the upper
corners not to protrude past the pressure sensor.


For new designs that weren't intended for teaching about
instrumentation amps, I'd probably spend the extra $4 to get an
integrated amplifier in the sensor, like the MPX5050DP.