1. G6 Panels
   1. What the panel hardware contains
   2. Which panel revision should you build?
   3. Where the source KiCad files live
   4. Where the manufacturing files live
   5. Useful reference files
   6. Current scope of the published panel documentation

G6 Panels

The Generation 6 panel is the repeated LED tile used to build a G6 modular display. In the KiCad title blocks, this design is named G6 panel 45mm RP2354. In the repository, the current panel hardware is organized as the panel_rp2354_20x20_* design family.

For a builder, the simplest way to think about the panel is:

• one panel is one 20x20 pixel display tile
• the arena board provides the larger mechanical and electrical backplane
• a standard G6 arena in the MATLAB tools is 2x10 panels, or 40x200 pixels total

At the moment, this repository contains panel design files, production packages, and a few reference exports, but not a separate step-by-step panel assembly guide. This page is therefore mainly an orientation page for choosing the right revision and finding the relevant source files.

What the panel hardware contains

The current panel BOM and schematics show that each panel includes:

• a 20x20 LED array (400 LEDs total)
• 40 UCC27517 driver ICs
• 1 RP2354B_80QFN microcontroller
• 1 APS6404L-3SQR memory device
• 1 AP2112K-3.3 regulator
• 2 pushbuttons
• 1 four-pin JST-SH connector
• 4 one-by-five board connectors

The KiCad project is split into several schematic sheets:

• panel_rp2354_20x20.kicad_sch
• panel_mcu.kicad_sch
• drivers.kicad_sch
• panel_led.kicad_sch
• panel_header.kicad_sch
• panel_usb_power.kicad_sch

Which panel revision should you build?

The repository currently contains three editable panel revision folders:

Folder	Schematic revision	Production folders
panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p1/	v0.1.3	v0p1r1, v0p1r2, v0p1r3
panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p2/	v0.2.1	v0p2r0, v0p2r1
panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/	v0.3.1	v0p3r1

There is no separate panel revision-history page nearby, so the most practical recommendation is:

• treat v0p1 and v0p2 as archived design history
• start with panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/production/v0p3r1/ for a new build
• only use an older production revision if you need to match hardware that already exists in your lab

Where the source KiCad files live

Each revision folder contains a complete editable KiCad project. For the newest revision, look in:

panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/

Key files there are:

• panel_rp2354_20x20.kicad_pro
• panel_rp2354_20x20.kicad_sch
• panel_rp2354_20x20.kicad_pcb

The same structure exists for v0p1 and v0p2.

Where the manufacturing files live

Archived fabrication outputs are stored under each revision’s production/ directory. The newest package currently present is:

panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/production/v0p3r1/G6_panel_45mm_RP2354_v0.3.1.zip

The production folders also include the usual PCB assembly support files:

• bom.csv
• positions.csv
• designators.csv
• netlist.ipc

Useful reference files

Top-level rendered panel images for documentation:

• docs/images/g6_rp2354b_20x20_panel_scaled_no_bg.png
• docs/images/g6_rp2354b_20x20_panel_scaled.jpg

Revision-matched reference exports:

• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p1/assets/panel_rp2354_20x20-v0p1r3.pdf
• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p1/assets/panel_45mm_RP2354.step
• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p2/assets/panel_rp2354_20x20_v0.2.1.pdf
• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p2/assets/panel_45mm_RP2354_v0.2.1.step
• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/assets/panel_rp2354_20x20_v0.3.1.pdf
• panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3/assets/panel_45mm_RP2354_v0.3.1.step

For most builders, the rendered PNG above, the revision-matched PDF/STEP files, and the newest production package (v0p3r1) are the most useful starting points for understanding the current published G6 panel hardware.

Current scope of the published panel documentation

At present, the repository supports one clear practical reading of the G6 panel hardware:

• the panel is a 20x20 RP2354-based LED tile
• the newest published design family is panel_rp2354_20x20_v0p3
• the newest archived manufacturing package is v0p3r1

If you are building new hardware, start there. If you are debugging or comparing older boards, the v0p1 and v0p2 folders are still useful as archived design history.