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electroscope (through-hole edition)

This is a similar board to the surface mount electroscope but is easier (or harder, depending on your manufacturing viewpoint) to assemble and source parts for.

assembled electroscope board with a copper poour

kicad's render of the electroscope board

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Bill of Materials

This BOM specifies the amount needed for one board. Parts have been translated from their surface mount equivalents.

Quantity Description Digikey Part Number Board Placement
3 2N3906 2N3906D26ZCT-ND Left (label: PNP)
3 2N3904 2N3904FS-ND Right (label: NPN)
2 100 ohm resistor 100QBK-ND Bottom (label: 100 ohm)
2 100k ohm resistor 100KQBK-ND Middle (label: 100k ohm)
2 1M ohm resistor 1.0MQBK-ND Top (label: 1M ohm)

Battery connector

Quantity Description Digikey Part Number Board Placement
1 9v through-hole battery snap - long 36-968-ND 9V terminals (verify before soldering by attaching to a 9V battery -- reworking afterwards is difficult without specialized tools/materials)

or

Quantity Description Digikey Part Number Board Placement
1 9v through-hole battery snap - short 36-967-ND 9V terminals (verify before soldering by attaching to a 9V battery -- reworking afterwards is difficult without specialized tools/materials)

LEDs

Quantity Description Digikey Part Number Board Placement
2 3mm LEDs (Red: 160-1704-ND / Green: 160-1958-ND Bottom (verify orientation before soldering!)

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