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KiCad 2022 End-of-Year Recap and 7.0 Preview

December 31, 2022 Joseph Long 141 Viewsdesign tool, KiCAD, pcb layout, Schematic Capture 2 min read

[Chris Gammell] moderated the KiCad 2022 End-of-Year Recap with several KiCad developers and librarians. They reviewed what’s been bubbling up in the nightly KiCad 6 builds, what we can expect

Alpakka: A Creative Commons Game Controller

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Alpakka: A Creative Commons Game Controller

December 22, 2022 Dave Rowntree 129 Views3d printed, analog, controller, game controller, gamepad, IMU, KiCAD, rp2040 2 min read

Input Labs’ mission is to produce open-source hardware and software for creating gaming controllers that can be adapted to anyone. Alpakka is their current take on a generic controller, looking similar

A RPI HAT For Synchronized Measurements

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A RPI HAT For Synchronized Measurements

September 15, 2022 Dave Rowntree 171 Views3d printed, gnss, gps, instrument, KiCAD, measurement, raspberry pi, syncronization 2 min read

A team from the Institute for Automation of Complex Power System (ACS) at RWTH Aachen University have been working for a while on the analysis of widely distributed power systems.

Ultra Cheap PCB Wrenches Make Perfect Kit Accessory

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Ultra Cheap PCB Wrenches Make Perfect Kit Accessory

January 18, 2022 Tom Nardi 238 Viewscheap tools, KiCAD, panelization, pcb, wrench 1 min read

Let’s make one thing abundantly clear. We do not, under any circumstances, recommend you replace your existing collection of wrenches with ones made out of PCBs. However, as creator [Ben