Posts tagged pcb

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.

A Hill I Am Willing to Die On: HDL for PCB Netlists

June 8, 2026 pcb engineering ai

Schematics are not where PCB design should start. Netlists should be generated from a structured hardware description language, and that changes everything about how AI fits into the picture.

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.

PCB Design Starts With a README

December 10, 2025 pcb engineering ai

Before opening KiCad, create a README and let an LLM generate a PlantUML block diagram. Why writing design intent first prevents costly PCB mistakes — with a worked STM32F7 example.

KiCon Asia 2025: Speaking on Wire Bonding in Shenzhen

November 15, 2025 pcb conferences physics

Talk at KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen on wire bonding CLICpix and MuPix detector chips — two years of hands-on bonding with a Delvotec, condensed into 25 minutes. Slides and video included.

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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