Expecting some circuit boards today maybe. Exciting - my first use of #KiCad right through to actually producing PCBs, though I've worked up a few schematics in the past, and one other PCB layout.
Haven't bought any new boards for a project in a couple of years either, so it's nice for that reason too.
Dear @kicad: I'm pretty sure I'm ignorant to why some decisions were made regarding the start screen, yet it makes no sense to me. Is there any explanation why things are not how I put in the attached image? Thanks! Regardless, still a wonderful tool (that I absolutely love). Cheers! #kicad#ux Edit: I mixed "screen state" with "screen space" in the image. 👅
Anyone have an open-source #KiCad PCB design that 3D renders with components and looks at least moderately interesting? Doesn't need to be anything specific. I just need a 3D model of a PCB for a demo of a simple program.
I've tried using some projects linked from the KiCad web site, but even for the ones where a rendering is shown on the web site, the only renderings I can get have no components, just the bare PCB. I must not have the necessary libraries.
Thanks!!!
It's been a couple of years since I last used #KiCad. I had just finally given up on #EagleCAD in spite of my large library personal parts, but it was time.
A bit of a learning curve, but I got there, and was happy with KiCad's capabilities. Now I guess I'll ramp up from scratch again. Ugh. Hope it comes back quickly.
Checking versions, I have 5.1.12 and see the latest is… gulp 8.0.2. Well, I'm ramping up from dim recollections anyway, so it shouldn't add much extra effort.
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It seems to have happened without much fanfare, but about a month ago @purism has released the Librem 5 hardware layouts under GPLv3 (as original PADS and converted KiCad projects), joining the schematics that were already available from the start.
I'm designing some MIDI controller with magnetic hall effect sensors and #gateron KS-20 series switches, in the style of those Jankó keyboards. I'm not only getting around PCBWay's prices, but also creating a very nicely scalable system. I would need some extra info on how I should place the sensors (Gateron's material shows it on the bottom, which will make my life harder).
So after spending over a week fighting #nixOS to let me package the printer's drivers and giving up and using a docker print server, now #kicad doesn't want to print on the actual page.....
all the lines in this picture are straight. But, presumably because of the hashed keep-out zone, the outline of the ESP32 looks tilted. Is there a name for this?
Just like me, my first-rev PC-6001 RAM/ROM expander cartridge looks good but doesn't work. I think I've missed shorting the MSW1/MSW2 jumper that keeps the computer from working if it's open and the cartridge is detected. Hopefully an easy bodge and then I can enjoy Extended BASIC. #retrocomputing#pc6001#kicad
The aim of this project is to prove the schematics are correct before I turn them into a PCB. The simulator is importing netlist files exported from #Kicad and joining multiple boards via there onboard connectors.
Synthesiser oscillator control panel schematic, redesigned to use an ARM microcontroller instead of logic chips. The second image is a sketch of what it will physically look like. 6 LED switches and 4 faders. #synth#electronics#cad#kicad
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