Goodies for the Open Hardware Summit

March 6, 2020March 22, 2021 fustiniAfter Dark, digikey, kicad, new york, ohs2020, OHSummitLeave a comment

The Open Hardware Summit is next week, March 13th!

Here’s a sneak peak at one of the items that everyone will receive in their conference goodie bags:

Thanks so much to Kevin Walseth at Digi-Key for making it happen! ⚡️

And thanks to our Dan (@tekdemo) for the beautiful “After Dark” PCB art 🦋

Thanks to Chris Gammellfor the “Getting to Blinky” videos! 🎥 It is a great way to learn KiCad:

Thanks to Kyle at Digi-Key for showing what that board looks like in action!

I made the curved traces with the “Rounder for Tracks” KiCad plugin from the RF-tools repo:

https://github.com/easyw/RF-tools-KiCAD

Here is the GitHub repo with the KiCad design files: pdp7/gtb

https://github.com/pdp7/gtb/

If you can’t make it to the Open Hardware Summit, then the design is also available an OSH Park shared project:

Note: after adding the board to the cart, please click on the “After Dark (Black Substrate + Clear Mask)” option

Follow me on Twitter for updates on the Open Hardware Summit:

I'm excited about this kit for the @ohsummit goodie bags! 🛍️

Thanks so much to @Kwalseth at @digikey for making it happen ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/wBL0E8fBcj

— @[email protected] (@pdp7) March 6, 2020

An Intro to KiCad – Part 6: Place Parts and Define Outline

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018 fustinidigikey, kicad, tutorialLeave a comment

An Intro to KiCad – Part 6: Place Parts and Define Outline:

In Part 6 of the Digi-Key Introduction to KiCad series Shawn walks us through the board layout stage with pcbnew. Shawn will show us how to import a net list, arrange components, draw a board outline, and make trace connections.

Intro to KiCad with Shawn Hymel

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 fustinidigikey, education, kicad, shawn hymelLeave a comment

Digi-Key presents An Intro to KiCad – Part 1: How PCBs Are Made with Shawn Hymel:

Digi-Key Electronics presents: An introduction to KiCad with engineering superhero Shawn Hymel. In the first part of this series Shawn discusses how PCBs are made and the benefits of utilizing KiCad as a design tool. KiCad is a free and open source platform which makes it great for learning how to make your own PCBs while still being powerful enough to do more complicated design work.

Resources:

E-Paper Breakout Board for Teensy

April 12, 2017April 11, 2017 fustiniarduino, digikey, epaper, kicad, teensy, wickerlibLeave a comment

Breakout board designed in KiCad to connect Pervasive Displays 2.15″ E-Paper (E2215CS062) to Teensy 3.2 or Teensy LC. Based Teensy E-Paper Shield by Jarek Lupinski in EAGLE.

My goal is to create a name badge I can wear at conferences and Maker Faires. This was first step to verify the KiCad schematic and KiCad footprints work. I will post more information as the badge project progresses.

epaper-breakout-board-quotes

KiCad PCB design files:

repo: pdp7/kicad-teensy-epaper
commit: 54458f4
requires KiCad library wickerlib by Jenner Hanni of Wickerbox Electronics for the 34-position FPC connector that the e-paper display plugs into:
- CONN-HEADER-FH34SRJ-34S-0.5SH.kicad_mod

The board is shared on OSH Park:

E-Paper Breakout Board for Teensy

Bill of Materials (BoM)

Digi-Key shopping cart

Source Code

uses EPD215 Arduino Library by Jarek Lupinski for his E-paper Teensy Shield
requires pinout modification:
- EpaperQuoteDisplay.ino
- EPD215 epaper( 17, 16, 14, 15, 13, 11 );

OSH Park

Perfect Purple PCBs

digikey

Goodies for the Open Hardware Summit

An Intro to KiCad – Part 6: Place Parts and Define Outline

Intro to KiCad with Shawn Hymel

E-Paper Breakout Board for Teensy

KiCad PCB design files:

Bill of Materials (BoM)

Source Code

Photos

Video

Related: Jarek’s ePaper Teensy shield