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cliffle<p>So far I'm pleasantly surprised with the Kicad 9 updates. My system quietly updated in the background so I'm finding them by accident.</p><p>I'll collect my favorites into a thread here as I discover them. 1/</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Some Useful Notes On The 6805-EC10 Addressable RGB LED - LEDs are getting smaller and smaller, and the newest generations of indexable RGB ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/12/some-useful-notes-on-the-6805-ec10-addressable-rgb-led/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/12/some-u</span><span class="invisible">seful-notes-on-the-6805-ec10-addressable-rgb-led/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/addressableled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addressableled</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ledhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ledhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rgbled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rgbled</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sk6805" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sk6805</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a></p>
Chris Petrilli<p>Not sure how i fixed it, and that's really annoying. But set them up so they are the way I like. Now if I could remember who I stole the idea from. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a></p>
Chris Petrilli<p>OK, for some reason it seems impossible to move the value field and reformat it and have that actually work. It invariable gets put back in some random auto location, even when "Allow autoplacement" isn't checked. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a></p>
Chris Petrilli<p>I'm starting to think that I need to make my own footprints and symbols in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a> for everything I use. Too many annoyances that are very personal preferences. Maybe just copy and paste the library ones and align them with my personal preferences?</p>
Andy Fletcher<p>Today I found out about the "replicate layout" plugin for Kicad.</p><p>I was looking at repeating a block 64 times and thought there must be a better way.</p><p>I'll have to spend some time seeing what other goodies are in the plugins section. I really wish I'd seen this in the past.</p><p>There is a great video showing how it works.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfI2wwno5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DBfI2wwno5</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/pcb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcb</span></a></p>
RevK :verified_r:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@blinry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blinry</span></a></span> you can do the rails on your design if you want instead. I generally do that, and can give me extra options. E.g. this. Extra v-cuts to allow two different break-out sizes.</p><p>I have a few tools to process <a href="https://toot.me.uk/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a> files for a custom render that shows the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/jlcpcb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jlcpcb</span></a></span> assemble 2D code and added QR code.</p><p>Do ask if you want any tips.</p>
doragasu<p>About 10 years or more ago, I heard Javier Serrano (creator of CERN Open-Source Hardware License) they wanted <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KiCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiCAD</span></a> to be for hardware developers, what GCC was for software developers. And I think they have achieved it!</p>
Kampfteppich<p>Ich nutze auf der Arbeit seit einiger Zeit <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kicad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kicad</span></a></span> da mein vorheriger Favorit immer abgedrehter und cloudorientierter wurde. Andere Softwareanbieter würden 4..5stellig kosten, sind aber auch überladen und weit über meinen Bedarf.</p><p>Anfrage an unsere Finanzabteilung, ob ich <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/KiCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiCAD</span></a> einen 3-stelligen Betrag zukommen lassen kann: *'Spenden sind nicht erlaubt!'*</p><p>Sparsamkeitsgebot?<br>Vielleicht sollte NRW mal nach Schleswig Holstein rüber gucken?<br><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
RevK :verified_r:<p>A <a href="https://toot.me.uk/tags/KiCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiCAD</span></a> render is pretty good, though the shadows are some times a tad off.</p><p>But some sites like Amazon and Tindie seem to dislike a render and want a "real" image.</p><p>I wonder if this would fool them 🙂</p>
EndlessMason<p>Having just received my first PCB in the post I firmly believe that the UI in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/KiCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiCAD</span></a> should, at all times, include a coke can and banana for scale.</p><p>You know so i don't sit in front of a 27 inch display thinking my PCB is going to A4 when it's a 2.5 by 4 key caps in size.</p>
Tinx<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FreeCAD</span></a></span> thanks for asking!<br>However, the new enclosure for my simple ATtiny85-powered CO2 indicator looks a bit scared. Be gentle!<br><a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCADFriday</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/KiCad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiCad</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/3Dprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprint</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/gadget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gadget</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/gadgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gadgets</span></a></p>
maketvee<p>This is my way of showing how awesome I think KiCad is. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kicad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kicad</span></a></span> <a href="https://leds.social/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kicad</span></a> <a href="https://leds.social/tags/LEDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEDs</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@arturo182 @kicad That's nice but why didn't they chose CC-BY if they don't want to have share-alike provisions?

  • Maybe they just don't want others to paywall their files?

Either way it's a good thing:

  • OFC they don't do it out of the goodness of their hearts but because it'll result in #tinkerers using #KiCad, #LibreCad, etc. to use and buy said parts as they can and most likely will be shipped with aid programs.

Same applies even more for #PCB #assembly services:

  • They gonna buy said parts on reels if not multiples simply because customer demand will appear...

And that's how #OpenAccess and #PermissiveLicensing are even beneficial in #commercial settings!

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Jack Leightcap

Hey all! I'm due for an (re-)introduction: I'm Jack, an engineer in the NYC area from a firmware & cybersecurity background, currently working in something like hardware-software co-design.

Technical work is often with #rust #kicad #python #verilog #c, and in all-too-rare moments stuff like #haskell #forth #agda and #prolog

I've never been much for social media, usually preferring to keep interests local: a better-detailed #introduction to follow as I figure this out 🙂

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MartiniMoe

Meow! I just ordered my first self designed PCB 🙀 It's a really simple board that is meant to carry 16 mechanical switches and an arduino. I want to use it as a makro pad.
Designing and ordering a self designed PCB is something I wanted to do for quite some time now, so I'm really looking forward to assembling this and sure hope everything will work 😻

A 3d render of a small green PCB. It features 4x4 squares where switches are supposed to go, pins for the arduino pro micro in the upper right corner, and my logo/name ("Moe" with a stylized Martini drink for the "M") in the upper left corner
#pcb#kicad#mechanicalkeyboard
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RevK :verified_r:

Liking the new #KiCAD scripted render - allows me to update all images from a Makefile - very neat.

Would be a great feature if I can tell it an alternative edge-cut (a user layer), as then I can have a "snapped out" edge cut to use for render.

But even so, very cool.

Update: I have made a tool to clean up the PCB and change the edge cuts to alternative, and then use gimp to auto crop.

A close-up view of a printed circuit board (PCB) featuring electronic components such as connectors, a microcontroller, and a wireless module. The board has a purple surface with a green base and mounting holes.
Image of a circuit board featuring various electronic components, including a microcontroller, connectors, and a Wi-Fi module. The board is predominantly purple with gold traces and includes multiple soldered components.
Image of a printed circuit board (PCB) with a purple background, featuring various labeled components, pads, and connectors. The board includes markings such as "TC2030" and "4V-35V POWER," and has a button labeled "
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