Q17 Amplifier
by stefaweb
Built by stefaweb, Q17 Amplifier is an open hardware audio board released with its design files intact. The project summarises itself as “The Q17 is an error correction HIFI amplifier based on the QUAD405 current dumping principle.”
The repository has collected 25 stars and been forked 15 times, with the last commit about a year ago.
What’s in the repository
- Schematic and board source files published by the author
- Full revision history, so you can see how the board changed between versions
Licence and reuse
Released under GPL-3.0, a copyleft license. You are free to fork and modify the design, but anything you distribute that is derived from it has to be published under the same terms — worth checking before it goes into a closed product.
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 stefaweb 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 stefaweb; 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.
