Etherkit Si5351A breakout board three ways

Finished assembling the last of the Etherkit Si5351A breakout boards I received from Jason‘s Indiegogo campaign. Since I had three of them to play with, I decided to do a few different configurations.

Etherkit Si5351 breakout boards 3 ways
Etherkit Si5351 breakout boards 3 ways

Board #1 is a pretty conventional setup with the header pins pointing up. Lays flat on a surface and could be mounted inside an enclosure if needed.

Etherkit Si5351 board with conventional pin layout
Etherkit Si5351 board with conventional pin layout

Board #2 I used female header pins to make interfacing with my *duino boards easier, since almost all the jumper wires I have are male/male.

Etherkit Si5351 board using female connector pins
Etherkit Si5351 board using female connector pins

Board #3 I set up to make it easy to use with breadboards. The header pins are pointed “down” so that I can stick the breakout board into a regular breadboard. I also added female headers to the output in addition to the SMA connectors.

Etherkit Si5351 board with pins down for breadboard use
Etherkit Si5351 board with pins down for breadboard use

I still need to test the boards out to make sure they actually work. I think if I’m going to have any problems with the boards, it will probably be with the soldering of the Si5351A chip.