Have you cooked up a really cool gadget and upon looking at the huge mess
of breadboard wires thought, "It sure would be great if I could turn that
into a PCB, but alas, that software is expensive and proprietary and only
runs on windows."
KiCAD is an open source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool that allows
you to take your pile o' wires and IC's and turn it into a PCB!
Long time member John Stoffel and myself will show you how Thursday night
at 7pm at the Hudson Public Library! We'll also have the meeting online at
Jitsi and we'll be recording this whole thing for youtube!
Afterwards we'll likely head off for dinner and keep up the nerdiness!
I hope to see you there or virtually, both work!
Later,
Tim.
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We've got a meeting on Thursday March 10th!
Date & Time: March 10th, 2022 @ 7pm
Location: Hudson Public Library and Jitsi at our usual haunt (
https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA)
Topic: KiCAD EDA software
Speaker(s): John Stoffel and Tim Keller
This is going to be an in person and virtual meeting at the Hudson Public
Library!
The topic is KiCAD, a FOSS EDA (Electronic Design Automation) CAD tool.
KiCAD is a computer aided design software package that enables you to
create logical circuit diagrams and convert them into a PCBs (Printed
Circuit Boards). This software is being used in the industry and has a
vibrant community around it.
The speaker for this talk is our own esteemed member John Stoffel with
myself lending a hand. John and I will show up some of the features of the
software, talk about how he's used it to create his own PCB's and give a
quick demo. As always these days the entire meeting will be uploaded to our
youtube channel.
Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head out for
dinner.
I hope to see you there (even if only virtually!)
Later,
Tim.
