Show threadAlpenglow Industries (Carrie)Sep 21
Yo dawg I heard you like panels. Shout-out to @kicad and KiKit for making me able to do exactly the panelization I wanted. Took a bit of figuring the settings, but I got there. #alpenglowies #glowies #ledjewelry #kicad #kikit
#alpenglowies #glowies #ledjewelry
DeltaLima 🐧Jul 25, 2024

#TIL you can panelize your PCB in #KiCad with #KiKit super easy!

In the docs there are ready to use examples: https://yaqwsx.github.io/KiKit/v1.4/panelization/examples/

just pip install or whatever and go

Examples - KiKit — Automation for KiCAD

GeekProjects NewsJul 17, 2024
Hacker Tactic: Single-PCB Panels https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/hacker-tactic-single-pcb-panels/ #HackadayColumns #panelization #design #KiCAD #KiKit #pcb
Hacker Tactic: Single-PCB Panels

Ordering a PCB? Two of them? Three? Five? For about eight years now, I’ve been regularly ordering large numbers of different PCBs, and, naturally, have developed a toolkit to make things smoo…

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Show threadcpresserAug 10, 2023
The gobo itself is a PCB stencil that was produced by JLCPCB. I put the original stencil on a flat-bed-scanner to figure out the geometry.
Then the various logos where collected (vectorized if required) and put into the correct location. The logos did require some tinkering because we cannot have 'floating' parts. Its quite visible in the Pesthörnchen.
Then I put it into #KiCad using #gerbolyze and exported gerbers. Stencils are cheap regardless of the size, so I used #kikit to make a panel.
SmittyHalibutMar 7, 2023
Let me state for the record how much I love the #KiKit plug-in for #KiCAD when it comes time to panelize a board. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it’s amazingly powerful once you figure it out.