if you were, like me, annoyed at #kicad 10's annoying lasso UI, here's a work-around.
Go to preferences -> toolbars, check 'custom toolbars', Edit your toolbars, edit the right toolbar, delete the entire "Selection Tools" group. Add "Rectangle" back. Optionally, add Lasso back (it is, admittedly, occasionally useful).
They'll both show selected all the time, because UI is hard, but at least you'll stop accidentally selecting the goddamn lasso all the time.
I've been designing a music synthesizer.
I'm amazed at how good the open source tools for this have become. KiCad and FreeCAD have been a joy to use for this project.
Nos soy el mejor diseñador, es mi habilidad menos habilidosa, pero trato de defenderme como puedo ja.
#3dprint #maker #esp8266 #electronics #DIYElectronics #Arduino #PCB #freecad #kicad
Totally distracted by #kicad... this time not by a crash! (I do love kicad!)
But, dear #foss folks, if a service like ultra-librarian makes a 37 step video on how to import a symbol/footprint into kicad, it's time to step up and fix that process!
I'm annoyed that I can't just drop the files in a directory and have them show up in the library. I have to close kicad and re-open!?!
Also: holy vocal fry batman!
https://app.ultralibrarian.com/content/help/?kicad.htm
https://share.vidyard.com/watch/5qX3oWiGrUims5GfsXZRrT?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register
This is odd, #KiCAD freezing on closing project (no project loaded).
Ohh, says a git operation, but what has git got to do with KiCAD?
Confused.
Happy to announce I'll be giving a talk at the next Embedded Meetup Toulouse on June 18:
"How to design a complete embedded Linux board using only open source tools?"
I'll share the approach and tooling I've built around KiCad, FreeCAD, Buildroot, U-Boot and friends.
If you're in Toulouse, come say hi!
#embedded #linux #buildroot #kicad #freecad #opensource #toulouse
There’s a lot of NEC computers on this blog, but tons of Japanese companies made great machines. Fujitsu, for instance, built a whole spectrum of computers. You’ve seen three of their 6809 machines in previous articles. Today, we’ll figure out how to get this sad 486-based FM Towns II to boot. Ideally, it should stay booted, too.
So I found one problem, there is a trace that shorts out this component. Very likely I moved a bunch of component after routing. *screms*
Tried cutting the trace on the board but it was still shorted. This is just one shorted component, a few other places were shorted as well, even on the boards with no components.
In any case I did up a new board that's slightly wider for more routing space and fixed up the footprint for the regulator.
Some thougts whilst working on the board:
- 0805 size is good for me to solder even without magnification.
- I tried drag soldering the mcu and got one pair of pins shorted, and I could not get rid of it, even using a wick.
- I cannot tell visually if the pins were shorted, I had to use my phone's camera, and even then it was _barely_ visible. Likely I will get one of those el-cheap usb microscopes to check.
- Using a penknife to cut through a pcb is zzzzz XD
Самодельный elgato-like макропад. Часть 1, железная
Как я уже писал в своей прошлой статье, дурная голова рукам покоя не даёт. Так что не прошло и месяца после завершения работы над звонком, как руки уже начали чесаться. И занятие им нашлось достаточно быстро... Я пользуюсь MAD CATZ S.T.R.I.K.E. 7, которая всем чудо как хороша, кроме того, что вышла больше 10 лет назад, её производитель обанкротился в 2014 и её софт на Win 11 уже надо ставить с бубном. Все мы смертны, клавиатуры - тем более, так что я стал задумываться над заменой. Но проблема в том, что я привык к россыпи макроклавиш, которые позволяют одним нажатием, не задействуя мозг, переключать ветки гита, исправлять криво введённые команды или вбивать пароли в окошки по 15 раз за день (о боги хаоса, как я "люблю" параноиков-безопасников). А современные клавы имеют в лучшем случае 4-5 макроклавиш (что вдвое меньше, чем нужно), а некоторые ещё и стоят как приватный остров. И тут в унынии я наткнулся на это...
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