An Inkscape extension for exporting drawings into a KiCad PCB
https://www.electronics-lab.com/an-inkscape-extension-for-exporting-drawings-into-a-kicad-pcb/
Certain electronic applications may require circuits that can fit in a small space, may call for the layout such that the outputs and input pins line up in the enclosure. This can all be possible with custom Printed Circuit Boards(PCBs). Custom PCBs can be used in industries, medical equipment, games, and various other applications. Makers […]
Koki’o Project Case Goes Live On Crowdsupply
https://www.electronics-lab.com/kokio-project-case-goes-live-on-crowdsupply/
Cowfish Studio has announced the launch of the Koki’o Project Case on Crowdsupply. The Koki’o project case is an open frame design that allows for panoramic viewing of your PCB while protecting the board from harmful contact with hands or tools. The open design also allows entry of air and moisture, which is great for […]
SnapEDA launches new KiCad plugin to help engineers design electronics faster
https://www.electronics-lab.com/snapeda-launches-new-kicad-plugin-to-help-engineers-design-electronics-faster/
Today, SnapEDA – a company that helps engineers design electronics faster by removing barriers – is launching a new KiCad plugin, allowing designers to search and download its computer-aided design (CAD) models directly within the KiCad PCB design environment. KiCad is a free and open-source software that has been gaining popularity in the PCB design […]
Convert EasyEDA files to KiCad with just one click
https://www.electronics-lab.com/convert-easyeda-files-kicad-just-one-click/
Uri Shaked has just unveiled the result of his work on a script that is able to convert the cloud-based design tool EasyEDA files to the popular KiCad format. This way you are able to benefit the best characteristics of the two design tools and easily migrate from one tool to the other. If you […]
Top 10 +1 Free PCB Design Software for 2021
https://www.electronics-lab.com/top-10-free-pcb-design-software-2019/
After the official birth of commercial EDA since 1981, different design software as been produced from the EDA industry. Printed Circuit Boards, also known as PCBs, are the foundation of any hardware-based product. Before EDA software, Engineers usually designed electronics circuitry and integrated circuits by hand or some other manual process. There are several PCB […]
Digi-Key announces supplier-driven KiCad Library
https://www.electronics-lab.com/digi-key-announces-supplier-driven-kicad-library/
Digi-Key Electronics has announced the release of a new secondary KiCad library, known as the Digi-Key Partner Library, on GitHub. This is intended to be a supplement to the existing Digi-Key KiCad library released last year. Whereas the previous library was developed and curated by Digi-Key’s Applications Engineering team, the Partner Library was created to […]
Samtec releases over 100,000 new models on SnapEDA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/samtec-releases-over-100000-new-models-on-snapeda/
Electronics designers can boost their productivity with free symbols & footprints for Samtec products Samtec is releasing new digital models for over 100,000 of its products on SnapEDA, the industry-leading circuit board design library. Traditionally, designers have spent days creating digital models – such as symbols and footprints – for each component in their designs. […]
Digi-Key launches a common parts library for the KiCad EDA Tool
https://www.electronics-lab.com/digi-key-launches-common-parts-library-kicad-eda-tool/
Digi-Key Electronics has announced that it is in beta release of a library containing almost 1,000 common parts for the open-source KiCad schematic capture and PCB tool. By Ally Winning @ eenewsembedded.com: The library will be hosted on the Digi-Key website. It was built after Digi-Key analyzed the top 1,000 parts that KiCad users would […]
PcbDraw – KiCAD board into a nice looking 2D drawing
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcbdraw-kicad-board-nice-looking-2d-drawing/
Convert your KiCAD boards into nice looking 2D drawings suitable for pinout diagrams. Never draw them manually again! [via] Jan Mrázek created a Python script that takes a KiCAD board (.kicad_pcb file) and produces a 2D nice looking drawing of the board as an SVG file. This small Python script takes a KiCAD board (.kicad_pcb […]
Export Eagle Libraries With SnapEDA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/export-eagle-libraries-snapeda/
Although the new Eagle subscription model by Autodesk will bring much-needed features to the software, many users after the announcement had decided to move their work to other alternatives, such as KiCad, Altium, Cadence, etc. One of the challenges was to convert the libraries made by Eagle to be compatible with other software programs. SnapEDA solved that […]