A few days ago, KiCad 8 was released, and it’s a straight upgrade to any PCB designer’s quality of life. There’s a blog post as usual, and, this year, there’s also a FOSDEM talk from [Wayne Stambaugh] ...

We love Blender. It brings you 3D modeling, but not in a CAD way — instead, people commonly use it to create animations, movies, games, and even things like VR models. In short, Blender is about all ...

I’ve been an EagleCAD user for 20 years now—more than half the product’s 36-year lifespan. I’ve used EagleCAD as a hobbyist, a maker, a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) blogger, and a small robot ...

There's a certain delight to be had in doing something just to see if you can. Case in point: rendering Doom using PCB design software, or wading through the shores of Hell via the medium of an ...

Always glad to feature a Raspberry Pi book on Gadget Master so here's Design an RP2040 board with KiCad KiCad is open source PCB design software and the RP2040 is the chip that’s at the heart of the ...

Usually, CAD software products are very expensive. However, since most of the applications of such software are by companies, they can afford it. The same isn’t true for students and self-employed ...

Most people’s relationship with technology is distant or obscured. The average consumer does not have direct control over their tech — it is usually closed off to them, a little box given to them that ...