#kicad — Public Fediverse posts
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I have a dilemma with the `*_Small` symbols in the #kicad library: Their default text size (50mil) is not ideal.
So recently I decreased the size of the value field of R_Small to 40mil, allowing to put it into the rectangle body like shown in the image.
Now people that use 'autoplace fields' (default setting) complain about uneven text size.
I am just not sure what to do. There is also C_Small which does not work well with 50mil text. And most likely more... What would you do?
-> Poll below
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I have a dilemma with the `*_Small` symbols in the #kicad library: Their default text size (50mil) is not ideal.
So recently I decreased the size of the value field of R_Small to 40mil, allowing to put it into the rectangle body like shown in the image.
Now people that use 'autoplace fields' (default setting) complain about uneven text size.
I am just not sure what to do. There is also C_Small which does not work well with 50mil text. And most likely more... What would you do?
-> Poll below
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We just fixed the _worst_ bug to ever exist in the #kicad symbol libraries.
Clearly a 5/7 CVSS:One line in `C_Small` was 13mil instead of 12mil
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We just fixed the _worst_ bug to ever exist in the #kicad symbol libraries.
Clearly a 5/7 CVSS:One line in `C_Small` was 13mil instead of 12mil
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Il faut encore réparer cette réparation ? Patchons le clavier du #Minitel 1 !
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Il faut encore réparer cette réparation ? Patchons le clavier du #Minitel 1 !
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@fullywoolly Redone. Oh my hat. It’s like navigating a maze. Go so far, then back, go so far, then back. Must admit, I have a better strategy now. 4 layer must be so much easier to route. #retrocomputering #macintosh #kicad
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@fullywoolly Redone. Oh my hat. It’s like navigating a maze. Go so far, then back, go so far, then back. Must admit, I have a better strategy now. 4 layer must be so much easier to route. #retrocomputering #macintosh #kicad
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Petit live Twitch improvisé histoire de discuter et de concevoir un petit circuit imprimé pour un projet à venir 😁
Ça commence dans quelques minutes sur https://twitch.tv/virtualabs
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Petit live Twitch improvisé histoire de discuter et de concevoir un petit circuit imprimé pour un projet à venir 😁
Ça commence dans quelques minutes sur https://twitch.tv/virtualabs
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Except maybe not? This only happens in my #Vivaldi browser. Not in Safari. Not in Webkit. Not from curl even when forcing the DNS resolution to go to the same IP Vivaldi claims its talking to.
Oh and no, clearing caches doesn't fix anything.
I am stumped as to what in the world could be driving it, but it's late, and i have a 5:30am meeting.
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Except maybe not? This only happens in my #Vivaldi browser. Not in Safari. Not in Webkit. Not from curl even when forcing the DNS resolution to go to the same IP Vivaldi claims its talking to.
Oh and no, clearing caches doesn't fix anything.
I am stumped as to what in the world could be driving it, but it's late, and i have a 5:30am meeting.
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Have I mentioned I’m working on #synthseqr 3.0? Things are getting really serious. I have all my parts in my inventory and my order of five #pcb are arriving Friday. I #3dprinting’d a stand in for the pcb since #kicad will let you do that, and I did a test fit of the physical interface parts. It’s starting to feel real!
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Have I mentioned I’m working on #synthseqr 3.0? Things are getting really serious. I have all my parts in my inventory and my order of five #pcb are arriving Friday. I #3dprinting’d a stand in for the pcb since #kicad will let you do that, and I did a test fit of the physical interface parts. It’s starting to feel real!
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UPDATE UPDATE: It appears to be related to some Cloudflare AI blocker nonsense and is _entirely_ User Agent string dependent. Fuck you every single AI company ruining the Internet.
UPDATE: More details in reply, but this seems... inconclusive.
well, it looks like someone got #kicad KiCad.org.
What dicks.
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UPDATE UPDATE: It appears to be related to some Cloudflare AI blocker nonsense and is _entirely_ User Agent string dependent. Fuck you every single AI company ruining the Internet.
UPDATE: More details in reply, but this seems... inconclusive.
well, it looks like someone got #kicad KiCad.org.
What dicks.
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9月7日(月)-9日(水)に、オープンソースのプリント基板CADソフト #KiCad ( https://www.kicad.org/ ) が欧州コンファレンス KiCad Conference #KiCon Europe 2025 を開催。ドイツ・ボーフムにて。詳細は https://kicon.kicad.org/europe2026/ に。
#Conference #Europe #PCB #CAD -
🎉🎉 Part-DB 2.14 has been released: It contains #MCP tool support so #AI agents can access Part-DB data (read only for now), CSV export for project BOM, Improved search, more control over which parameters fields get visible inside #kicad and more.
See full release notes on #github: https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0
#electronics #opensource #webdev #hackerspace #makerspace #maker #make #selfhosted
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🎉🎉 Part-DB 2.14 has been released: It contains #MCP tool support so #AI agents can access Part-DB data (read only for now), CSV export for project BOM, Improved search, more control over which parameters fields get visible inside #kicad and more.
See full release notes on #github: https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0
#electronics #opensource #webdev #hackerspace #makerspace #maker #make
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@fullywoolly #retrocomputing #pcbdesign #kicad #vintageapple Okay, so by some twist of fate, just before I was going to put the final touches on my Rom Simm, I found that a PCB, same idea, from the same source (Doug Browns 2MB dip version schematic), has already been done, in 2018 by a Francis Cap. Aaaargh! (1/3)
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@fullywoolly #retrocomputing #pcbdesign #kicad #vintageapple Okay, so by some twist of fate, just before I was going to put the final touches on my Rom Simm, I found that a PCB, same idea, from the same source (Doug Browns 2MB dip version schematic), has already been done, in 2018 by a Francis Cap. Aaaargh! (1/3)
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Oops. I wish that when I had copied a symbol to make a new part in #KiCad, and then proceeded to forget to update the pinout, that I had at least used a symbol that had the pinout that 95% of the SOT23-5 buck converters on the market seem to use. But no, of course I copied the symbol with a pinout that only a few chips even used. And those are all asynchronous buck converters. 🙄
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Oops. I wish that when I had copied a symbol to make a new part in #KiCad, and then proceeded to forget to update the pinout, that I had at least used a symbol that had the pinout that 95% of the SOT23-5 buck converters on the market seem to use. But no, of course I copied the symbol with a pinout that only a few chips even used. And those are all asynchronous buck converters. 🙄
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KiCad Developers released #KiCad version 10.0.5. https://kicad.org/download/
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KiCad Developers released #KiCad version 10.0.5. https://kicad.org/download/
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Summoning @concretedog to compete in the CAD-Showdown today at 5pm, Bodgeham village, #EMFCamp to show of his #FreeCAD skills.
Signup here
https://md.ccc.ac/EMF2026-CAD-ShowdownObviously everyone else that likes to compete in #FreeCAD is also invited. After FreeCAD is done, we will also have a #KiCad competition as well.
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Summoning @concretedog to compete in the CAD-Showdown today at 5pm, Bodgeham village, #EMFCamp to show of his #FreeCAD skills.
Signup here
https://md.ccc.ac/EMF2026-CAD-ShowdownObviously everyone else that likes to compete in #FreeCAD is also invited. After FreeCAD is done, we will also have a #KiCad competition as well.
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What makes creating a hardware project so fun is that it's incredibly easy to do it wrong! #kicad
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What makes creating a hardware project so fun is that it's incredibly easy to do it wrong! #kicad
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Are you somewhat proficient in #FreeCAD or #KiCad? And at #EMFCamp? Then you **must** register for the CAD Showdown! It will run on Sunday 5pm..7pm in the Bodgeham village.
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Show off your awesome CAD skills in this competition. This is the new and upcoming esports category. We will do mCAD and eCAD, open-source tools only:
1. #KiCad
2. #FreeCADSign up by adding your name to the pad. It also has some simple challenges for training.
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Are you somewhat proficient in #FreeCAD or #KiCad? And at #EMFCamp? Then you **must** register for the CAD Showdown! It will run on Sunday 5pm..7pm in the Bodgeham village.
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Show off your awesome CAD skills in this competition. This is the new and upcoming esports category. We will do mCAD and eCAD, open-source tools only:
1. #KiCad
2. #FreeCADSign up by adding your name to the pad. It also has some simple challenges for training.
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I wonder when it makes sense to break a #KiCad symbol into multiple units? I've typically done this either if it has multiple duplicate pieces (quad opamp), but thinking more about just the number of pins on things like large MCU/MPU. 32? One symbol usually. 48+? Typically separate out power, configuration, and GPIO, so 3 at least.
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I wonder when it makes sense to break a #KiCad symbol into multiple units? I've typically done this either if it has multiple duplicate pieces (quad opamp), but thinking more about just the number of pins on things like large MCU/MPU. 32? One symbol usually. 48+? Typically separate out power, configuration, and GPIO, so 3 at least.
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I’ve made another revision. This time, as many of you suggested, there's a single-side design that I think can work.
I'll make the copper side the bottom of the board, and silk screen the front. Since all the components pass through from front to back, soldering on the back makes more sense.
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I’ve made another revision. This time, as many of you suggested, there's a single-side design that I think can work.
I'll make the copper side the bottom of the board, and silk screen the front. Since all the components pass through from front to back, soldering on the back makes more sense.
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OK, this is total overkill, but I made my traces much larger, for increased success ;)
Tell me it's workable?!
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OK, this is total overkill, but I made my traces much larger, for increased success ;)
Tell me it's workable?!
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I have never designed a PCB before, so, please tell me if this is okay.
It's pretty simple: a STAC64 header (male pins) breaking out to discrete pads (which I will attach a short pigtail to that in turn attaches to a STAC64 female plug.
There's a CAN H and CAN L breakout.
TLDR: I'm meant to be working on a new review that requires installation of something that attaches to the CAN bus using.. wait for it... WIRE TAP SNAPS.
1) those fail and 2) I have had some bad experiences where I ended up breaking an entire cable. I'm not about to do that on an expensive truck
I have a Digikey part order. I have the right diameter cables. I have a 3D printer, and I can make 2 sided PCBs on my CNC machine.
The P-N is a direct correlation to the pin numbers of the STAC 64 connector.
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I have never designed a PCB before, so, please tell me if this is okay.
It's pretty simple: a STAC64 header (male pins) breaking out to discrete pads (which I will attach a short pigtail to that in turn attaches to a STAC64 female plug.
There's a CAN H and CAN L breakout.
TLDR: I'm meant to be working on a new review that requires installation of something that attaches to the CAN bus using.. wait for it... WIRE TAP SNAPS.
1) those fail and 2) I have had some bad experiences where I ended up breaking an entire cable. I'm not about to do that on an expensive truck
I have a Digikey part order. I have the right diameter cables. I have a 3D printer, and I can make 2 sided PCBs on my CNC machine.
The P-N is a direct correlation to the pin numbers of the STAC 64 connector.
