Category: PCB
Creating footprints in KiCad using a scanner
Jan @ jasiek.me decided to use a flatbed scanner to trace out a footprint in KiCad. [via] Some time ago I sourced a number of very cheap SD card sockets from China for a hobby project I was working on. Sadly, when it came to PCB design, I couldn't find the footprints for this...
Continue ReadingExploring Eagle CAD ULPs #4 – Renumber The Parts Number In Order
Welcome to the 4th post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data...
Continue ReadingSnapEDA launches on-demand PCB symbols service
SnapEDA launched a new on-demand PCB symbols service. Get any schematic symbol and PCB footprint delivered in 24 hours. Just $29 SnapEDA follows IPC-7351B standards for its footprints, and a combination of IEEE-315 and its own standards for symbols. All models are created by our...
Continue ReadingExploring Eagle CAD ULPs #3 – Teardrops.ULP Make A Teardrop Shape Connection With Pads and Vias
Welcome to the third post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data...
Continue ReadingExploring Eagle CAD ULPs #2 – ‘Unrouted.ULP’ Zoom To The Last Left unrouted Wire
Welcome to the second post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data...
Continue ReadingTracespace Online Gerber Viewer (beta)
This particular PCB viewer takes your Gerber and drill files and gives you individual layer renders as well as very fancy renders of what your completed boards are going to look like. The tracespace viewer accomplishes all this locally (nothing gets sent to any server!) by...
Continue ReadingExploring Eagle CAD ULPs #1 – PickUp.ULP Select Components Both in Schematic And Layout
Welcome to the first post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULPs in Eagle CAD. "ULP" User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data structures...
Continue ReadingProjecta: A Solution For PCB Printing
Projecta, the Affordable & Faster PCB Prototyping Machine has launched their kickstarter campaign. Check the kickstarter page on the link below. Projecta is an affordable desktop CNC machine optimized for making circuit boards in new innovative way. Our dream is to print PCB...
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