Posts tagged open-source

KiCon Europe 2026: Trip Report without the Trip

September 11, 2026 kicad conferences open-source pcb bochum skunkforce

Three days of KiCon Europe 2026 at Gleis 9 in Bochum from the organiser's chair: KiCad 11 previews from Wayne Stambaugh, ngspice 47, open source test rigs, rigid-flex in space, a browser KiCad I am not sold on, and Seth Hillbrand's eight-hour training. Plus what changes for 2027.

Deploying Hardware Like Software: A Bitstream Pipeline for the Zynq

August 23, 2026 fpga embedded linux open-source

Alinx sent me an AX7020 board. Here is the plan: an open-source path from JTAG bring-up to a REST API that accepts a bitstream and loads it onto the FPGA, no vendor tools in the loop.

From Bitstream to Idea: An Inverse Guide to FPGAs

July 8, 2026 fpga open-source

The ghdl-yosys-nextpnr toolchain for an iCE40, walked backward: starting from a blinking LED and tracing every transformation back to the idea that caused it.

KiCon 2019: A Brief Trip Report

April 29, 2019 kicad conferences open-source pcb chicago

Chicago, April 2019: the first KiCon ever, organised by Chris Gammell at mHub. A week of hackerspaces, breakfast burritos, KiCad workshops and the moment the idea of a KiCon in Germany was born. Republished unchanged from my old Blogspot.

Enclosureless Cases: When the PCB Is the Enclosure

April 29, 2026 pcb electronics open-source

Enclosureless Cases: a patented approach to PCB housing where three stacked PCBs form a sealed, EMC-shielded enclosure using a perimeter solder joint — no injection moulding, no tooling, no separate supply chain.

Ten Years of Conferences: What They're Actually For

March 15, 2026 conferences personal open-source

Ten years of attending and organising technical conferences — what they're actually for, why the hallway track beats the programme, and how emBO++ grew from four people to 250. Lessons from Meeting C++, KiCon, GSI, and ISO C++.

OmnAIScope: A USB Oscilloscope for Automotive Diagnostics

August 28, 2025 pcb electronics automotive open-source

OmnAIScope is an open-access USB oscilloscope for automotive diagnostics, built on RP2040 with multi-channel USB synchronisation — no hardware trigger needed. How it works, the server architecture, and where to get it.

KiCon Europe 2024: Bochum Goes International

September 20, 2024 pcb conferences open-source

KiCon Europe 2024 in Bochum — 150 engineers and designers, KiCad lead developers Wayne Stambaugh and Seth Hilbrand on stage, talks on open hardware, PCB design, and KiCad development. Full recap and YouTube playlist.

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