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While #KiCad doesn't yet have an API for live schematics edition, I added properties for when it's there, so we can live-update the component values someday.
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anyone else here having problems with #KiCAD popping up modal windows that don't appear in your alt-tab window switcher or window overview so if they disappear behind another window you need to go chasing around for them?
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sweeeet! #KiConnect is already progressing. Outlines now work in both directions.
This will be functional when #KiCAD 9.0.2 is released.
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One of the final modules for my #StackSynth project: the #noise generator. It outputs white, blue, and pink noise and uses a #3904 and a #TL074 with a lot of resistors and a couple of capacitors.
It is based on Moritz Klein's video: https://youtu.be/0yB_h_wFkh4
I prototyped it on solderless #breadboard and then designed the #PCB in @kicad and let @aislerhq manufacture them again. It turned out quite nice and sounds great.
#soldering #diysynth #synthesizer #KiCad #pcblayout #MoritzKlein
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@FreeCAD This #FreeCADFriday been a while in the making (and patiently waiting for #KiCAD 9).
KiConnect uses the KiCAD 9 API to import boards, copper layers and footprints into #FreeCAD and eventually bi-directional control.
A ton of feature already being worked on or to be ported from test Macros.
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Finally was in the mood for some PCB work. I'd be lying if I'd say that I don't feel a little bit smug about this v3 mobo
Because it's tiny and fully reversible. I'm particularly smug about that reversible nice!view display connector. Oh, and it scales to 4x6 matrix for larger builds too!
Proof of concept #KiCad addon: #Datasheet Application Notes.
You edit the form with the component values, it calculates the parameters from them and injects them in the schematics that is copied to the clipboard.
https://github.com/mmuman/kicad-application-notes
(oh, and it's using KiCad's new plugin API so requires 9.0 with API enabled)
Been doing a bunch of exploration of the kicad-python / #KiCAD v9 API. And while I'm still finding odd edge cases, for the most part I'm surprised how quickly I've replaced the core SWIG binding on a project I've been banging on for.... 5 years???? anyhow, with some tidying up and resolving one major bug I will be finally ready to release it..... maybe even today.
Baby steps in getting my Apple I reproduction PCB up and running. 6502 CPU booting with just RAM and ROM attached. It grabs the reset address from ROM and starts executing code...until it tries to do something with IO, which is not attached yet...
I'm monitoring the bus with an Arduino MEGA attached to my MacBook Pro.
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@3dprinting Now the dehumidifier has a PCB. I don't use KiCad often enough to remember anything about it.
The board dimensions and placement of the barrel jack and ESP32 are compatible with Ben Krejci's design, for no good reason.
I'm going to think about it for a while before I send it off to fab.
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does anyone know how to migrate preferences/plugins/etc between kicad versions, if that's even possible?
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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.
I'll collect my favorites into a thread here as I discover them. 1/
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@3dprinting Now I need to wire up the rest of the electronics. MOSFET to switch the Peltier, 12V power to the Peltier and fan, 5V converter for the ESP32, GPIOs to the MOSFET's gate and the fan's PWM and tach signals, and an I2C connection to the external temperature/humidity sensor.
I should draw up a schematic in KiCAD just to keep track of all the connections. I haven't used KiCAD in years...
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Pois grazas á estupenda xente que colabora en #Kicad, xa hai una solución en marcha:
Efectivamente, o script estaba contabilizando esa separación mínima incluso cando non había Exposed Pad.
GitLabpc_noLead_generator: Only check epad clearance when it's non-zero in (aa3c3802) · Commits · Michal Suchánek / KiCad Footprint and 3D model Generator · GitLabsize
