New blog post! It's part five of my quest to make my very own #ColecoVision. This time, I let other people build one too, and make sure I actually included all the parts! There's still some bugs to work out, but I do still love my first clone system.

#retrogaming #kicad #coleco

https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/24/colecovision-diy-part-5.html

Make Your Own ColecoVision At Home (Part 5 - Making More)

My homemade ColecoVision clone is improved to a point where others can reliably build it. Further improvements are met with mixed results, and the overall cost of building a unit has gone up.

Leaded Solder
KiCad folks: Is there a way to make alternate symbols in a multi-unit symbol?
I'm making tube symbols in the style of Tektronix (and others) where the A & B units of a Dual Triode would have half the envelope shown.
If I flip one so the grid is coming out the other side, my half circle envelop will be facing the wrong way.
If I made them separate symbols, they couldn't share a single footprint, right?
Is there a less dumb way than making 4 versions of this symbol with each combination?
#Kicad

#KiCad 10 is released. Maybe I should upgrade KiCad and my projects from version 8 to 10 😀.

The **Graphical DRC Rule editor** seems to be the improvement, that I was waiting for.

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/

Version 10.0.0 Released

It’s the turning of the seasons today, and to celebrate, the KiCad project is proud to announce the release of Version 10! This release is packed with new features, improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes. We hope you enjoy it! Head to the KiCad download page to get your copy (note that some packages may still be in the process of being released at the time this announcement is published). Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to KiCad this past year. Whether your contribution was large or small, writing code, submitting bug reports, improving our libraries and documentation, or just supporting us financially: your help made a difference. Read on to see some of the highlights of the new version!

Are you ready for a life-changing #kicad pro tip? I had a eureka moment yesterday and am simultaneously reveling in glorious freedom while also feeling really dumb for it having taken 25 years of PCB design over various software packages to figure this out. You ready? Storytime! 🧵

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To be honest, we might be a bit biased, as a sponsor of @kicad - but we love KiCad 10 and now fully support it 🧡

See our favourite new features in our community post: https://community.aisler.net/t/kicad-10-is-live-and-100-supported-by-aisler/5567?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=kicad10

What is your favourite new feature? 🥰

#KiCad #Electronics #Technology #Manufacturing

KiCad 10 is released!

Whilst we await our own significant releases, we wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate our wider open source family members, KiCad, on the recent release of KiCad version 10.

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/23/kicad-10-is-released/

@kicad
#KiCad #Opensource #CAD #electronics #PCB

KiCad 10 is released!

Whilst we await our own significant releases, we wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate our wider open source family members, KiCad, on the recent release of KiCad version 10. The new versio…

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Looks like I need to downgrade to #KiCad 9.0 for a while. Plugins which should be compatible are broken, and a lot of dialogs are freezy. The spice simulator is just as crashy as 9.0 was. And naturally manufacturers won't take 10 files for 6 more months.
Oooh I just did a little squeak of delight seeing that the new #Kicad 10 release has hop overs for wires in schematics! A long anticipated feature!

#kicad accepted #gerber2png build by Fablab Kerala (india) as plugin. Easy way to create machinable images to mill or laser your #PCB #electronics.

https://git.fablabkerala.in/midlaj/gerber2png/-/wikis/home

#fablab #fabacademy

3月20日にオープンソースのプリント基板CADソフト #KiCad ( https://www.kicad.org/ ) は、最新版 KiCAD 10.0.0 を公開した。Ver.9から10へのメジャーアップデート。多くの新機能と改善、バグ修正。詳細は発表 https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/ を参照。ダウンロードは https://www.kicad.org/download/ から。
#PCB #CAD #KiCad #Release