openPCIE
chili-chips-ba maintains openPCIE, an open hardware computing board whose source files are public on GitHub. The project summarises itself as “Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) has taken the Express lane long ago, moving to xGbps SerDes. Now for the first time in opensource on the Host side too. Our project roots for the Root Port in 4 ways: |1|openRTL |2|openBFM with unique SIM setup, way faster than vendor's |3|openSW stack |4|one-of-a-kind open backplane.”
The repository has collected 101 stars and been forked 13 times, and the files were touched within the last month.
What’s in the repository
- Schematic and board source files published by the author
- A project site with further documentation
- Full revision history, so you can see how the board changed between versions
Licence and reuse
Released under BSD-3-Clause, one of the permissive licenses. You can fork the design, change it, manufacture it and sell the result, provided you keep the original copyright and license notice with the files.
Opening it in ProtoFlow
The repository does not clearly state which EDA tool produced the files — check the repository contents before planning an import.
- 01 Select “Edit in ProtoFlow” for opening options. Download the source and open supported KiCad files in the app. Other EDA formats may need conversion.
- 02 Work in the imported local copy: rename nets, swap parts against live distributor stock, re-route, or strip it back to the sub-circuit you actually need.
- 03 Keep the original licence and credit chili-chips-ba if you publish or sell what you build from it.
This page indexes a public repository. The design, the files and the copyright belong to chili-chips-ba; ProtoFlow does not host, mirror or verify them. Details are read from GitHub and refreshed periodically — check the repository for the current state of the project.
