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Give KiCAD a try. Here’s how
Up to this point we’ve used Eagle CAD as our exclusive PCB design and schematic layout tool. But [Brian] has inspired us to try something different thanks to his KiCAD tutorial. KiCAD is an open...
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Kicad symbol generating script shows promise
Kicad is a fantastic PCB layout tool. We think creating a part for use with Kicad is in many ways easier than in Eagle, but it never hurts to have a few shortcuts. Here’s a new way to quickly get your...
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Toorcamp: Milling PCBs With KiCad
[Hao] from Noisebridge showed me their CNC mill being used to etch PCBs. Using copper clad board, this MAXNC 10 mill routes the PCB with decent accuracy. This makes for very rapid prototyping of...
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Automated PCB panelization
Some PCB production houses – Seeed Studio and itead studio, especially – allow you to upload a gerber file and receive a printed circuit board very inexpensively. The pricing structure for these board...
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Assigning new packages to Eagle PCB components
If you’ve spent any time at all laying out your own circuit boards we’re sure you’ve run into the issue of not having the right component or package available in the standard libraries. If it’s a...
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Turning PCBs into art
Designing a circuit, laying out a board, and sending it off to be fabbed is so easy anyone can do it. A lot of people are, in fact, and with the traditional tools like KiCAD and Eagle, a lot of...
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Creating Irregular Board Outlines in KiCad
One of the benefits of plain text file format is that you can go in and edit them by hand. This is part of the KiCad board outline hack which [Clint] wrote about in a recent post. He wanted a unique...
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Easy-phi: an Open Source Platform for Experimenters
As a few of Hackaday readers may already know, my day job involves working with high speed electronics. For the last few months, my team at [Université de Genève] in Switzerland has been working on an...
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KiCad video series: from concept to manufacture
Many of our readers took the habit of using Eagle to design their PCBs. Even if you’ll find plenty of support for this software as well as a lot of parts libraries, the software comes with...
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A Low Cost Dual Discriminator Module for the Easy-phi Project
A few months ago I presented you the Easy-phi project, which aims at building a simple, cheap but intelligent rack-based open hardware/software platform for hobbyists. With easy-phi, you simply have a...
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Fail of the Week: Unconnected Nets in KiCad
From the title and the image above you surely have already grasped this Fail of the Week. We’ve all been there. Design a board, send it to fab or etch it yourself, and come to find out you’ve missed a...
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A High-Speed Logic Gate Board for the Easy-Phi Project
A (long) while ago I presented you the Easy-phi project, which aims at building a simple, cheap but intelligent rack-based open hardware/software platform for hobbyists. With this project, you simply...
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CERN Shows Off New KiCad Module Editor
CERN, the people that run a rather large particle collider, have just announced their most recent contributions to the KiCad project. This work focused on adding new features to the module editor,...
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CircuitMaker from Altium
Altium recently announced CircuitMaker, their entry into the free/low-cost PCB design tool market. They’re entering a big industry, with the likes of Eagle, KiCad, gEDA, and a host of other tool...
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Game Tin: Handheld Games with no Batteries
Anyone who grew up with a Game Boy knows how well they sucked through AA batteries. [Nick]‘s Game Tin console solves this problem by running of an ultracapacitor charged by solar power. The console is...
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Putting new into the old – a Phonograph upgrade.
[smellsofbikes] recently came into possession of a 1970’s “stereo radio phonograph” cabinet consisting of a vinyl record player, AM and FM radio, and eight track tape player. The radio worked, the...
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Meet The Machines That Build Complex PCBs
You can etch a simple PCB at home with a few chemicals and some patience. However, once you get to multilayer boards, you’re going to want to pay someone to do the dirty work. The folks behind the USB...
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Hackaday Prize Worldwide : New Delhi Kicad + Show and Tell
While Mumbai and Bengaluru have an active and large hacker community, New Delhi, India’s capital, seems to have leapfrogged ahead when it comes to hackerspaces – four at last count. So when the latest...
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Hackaday Prize Worldwide: Washington DC
Join us for a Meetup on Saturday, September 12th near Washington DC. The Hackaday Crew is headed out to the DC area a week from Saturday and we want to hang out with you. We’ll be hosting a meetup at...
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Saturday in Washington DC: Hackaday Meetup
If you’re in the DC area, clear your schedule this Saturday night. Hackaday is hosting a Meetup at Nova Labs starting at 6pm. All you need to do is let us know you’re planning to attend. The Reston,...
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